A64 bus priority improvements: phase 2

We are working in partnership with Leeds City Council to deliver a range of proposals to improve how you travel along the A64 between Marsh Lane (on the edge of the Leeds city centre) and Whinmoor. These proposals include bus priority, walking, and cycling improvements.

We previously consulted in summer 2021 on the full A64 Bus Priority Corridor. The project has now been split into two phases, and the first phase was engaged on in the summer of 2024. We are looking to improve bus journey times and reliability, encourage walking and cycling by creating a modern busway, removing Shaftesbury Footbridge, creating new crossing facilities for cyclists and pedestrians, and upgrading traffic signals.

We need your feedback on these ideas prior to progressing through detailed design and delivery in 2026-27.

• Help achieve the West Yorkshire's commitment to net-zero carbon by 2030

Phase 2 of the project focuses on:

• Replacing the existing guided bus way with segregated bus lanes which can be used by all bus services along the route.

• Demolishing Shaftesbury Footbridge and replacing it with pedestrian and cycling crossings

• Improving provision for people walking, wheeling and cycling including increasing the width of the pavements, kerb improvements and changes to crossings

• Creating a new priority bus gate and reconfiguring existing bus gates

• Upgrading traffic signals along the route to reduce delay for buses and pedestrians

This will require some changes to existing bus stops (locations are noted on the plans):

• Wykebeck Valley Road bus stop to be combined with Highway Flats bus stop

• Relocating Shaftesbury Junction B bus stop near to the Hepton Court junction nearer to Hepton Court

• Relocation of Shaftesbury Junction C bus stop closer to Wykebeck Court

• Gipton Approach bus stop to be combined with Halton Dial (eastbound) bus stop

• Relocation of Dawlish Terrace bus stop to align with bus gate changes

This scheme is being funded by the Department for Transport (DfT) and forms part of a major programme of investment that aims to deliver new transport infrastructure in West Yorkshire.

Find out more and have your say 

We recommend you view our plans and read this page first to find out more about the scheme. Once you have read the information, you can let us know what you think using the following methods:  

• Complete our survey by 11.59pm on Tuesday 4 February 2025    

• Read our frequently asked questions (FAQs) and then ask us a question 

• Join us at a drop-in event (see below for further details)    
  
  

Join a drop-in event

We’ll be hosting two drop-in events to talk to anyone interested in the scheme, you’ll be able to take a closer look at the plans and share your feedback with the project team. Paper surveys will be available to take home and submit via a Freepost address. 

• Monday 13 January, 4.30-7pm at The Old Fire Station (café), Gipton Approach, Gipton, Leeds LS9 6NL

• Tuesday 21 January, 10am-1pm at St Philip’s Church Hall, 86 Osmondthorpe Lane, Leeds, LS9 9EF

You can also contact us via: 

• email on yourvoice@westyorks-ca.gov.uk

• phone on MetroLine 0113 245 7676

• post at FREEPOST CONSULTATION TEAM WYCA

Please contact us if you would like to receive this information in an alternative format. 

This engagement will close at 11.59pm on 4 February 2025. 

Next steps 

Feedback gathered from the public engagement will inform the development of the finalise the detailed designs for the proposals where possible.