At a meeting of 88 members of the council on the 13th November, councillors debated the trolleybus scheme and voted on whether to confirm their resolution of the 1st July 2013 to apply for a Transport and Works Act Order to enable the trolleybus scheme to proceed. Here is a breakdown of how our councillors […]
The Yorkshire Evening Post has today reported that almost a thousand people have definitely objected to the trolleybus scheme, and they have added that the actual figure might be twice this number. You can read the full story here.
Ever since the trolleybus scheme was first announced in 2009, Metro has insisted that it would only affect the north side of Woodhouse Moor. All through the recent consultation process, from late 2012 until this Summer, Metro said nothing about wanting land on the south side. But a document included in their Transport and Works […]
For some time we’ve been aware that Metro wants to appropriate part of Woodhouse Moor so trolleybuses can run across it (the section known as Monument Moor). More recently, we’ve learnt that they want to take additional land to create a new access road to City of Leeds School. Now, we’ve discovered that they want […]
We learnt at last Thursday’s plans panel, that Metro want to compulsorily purchase land from Leeds College of Art, leaving the college very little outdoor space. In addition, the pavements outside the college would be narrowed, and access to the college’s car park would be restricted. Unlike Leeds University, which appears to have been consulted […]
Protestors demonstrated outside Leeds Civic hall yesterday ahead of a meeting of the city centre plans panel. The panel of councillors was given information about the trolleybus scheme and heard representations from twelve people who were there to object to the scheme. No one spoke in favour of the scheme. The event was covered in […]
The trolleybus issue was discussed twice on Radio Leeds today, first on the Larry Budd show from 6am to 7am, and second on the Nick Ahad show from 12noon to 1pm. The Larry Budd show included an interview with Metro leader Councillor James Lewis, and the Nick Ahad show included a further interview with Councillor […]
Protestors gathered outside Leeds Civic Hall this morning to demonstrate their opposition to the proposed trolleybus scheme. The demonstration was covered by Calendar News, Radio Leeds, Radio Aire, and the Yorkshire Evening Post. The event coincided with an all day meeting of the city centre plans panel at which twelve objectors spoke against the scheme […]
The front page of today’s Yorkshire Evening Post featured an article revealing the extent of the demolitions that would take place if the trolleybus scheme were to go ahead. Image courtesy of Yorkshire Post Newspapers Billboards all over town advertised the story.
Metro isn’t the first passenger transport executive to try to build a trolleybus system in the UK in recent years. In 1998, Merseytravel submitted an application for a Transport and Works Act Order to build a 10 mile long trolleybus line in Liverpool. The proposed route ran from Albert Dock, along Lord Street and Church […]
