North Wakefield Gyratory

The official council website has been replaced by a PDF link to the leaflet delivered.
This is available here.
North Wakefield Gateway Flyer

The North Wakefield Gateway scheme has been revamped and the official consultation is on until the 6th of August
The main features of the new scheme from the councils official letter, delivered today are.
2 Way traffic flow on Leeds Road,Northgate, Wentworth Street and Bond Street is retained
The southbound turn from Bond Street to Bell Street is [...]

“The Deputy Leader of Wakefield Council has pledged that the proposed one-way system for St John’s in the city centre will be scrapped and has instructed officers to find an alternative solution.”
It will be interesting to see what the new plans will be, the press release does say that local representatives will be involved in [...]

There will be a special advice surgery held by Cllr(s) Rhodes at
10am Saturday the 24th October at Wakefield Town hall

An FOI request for
the effects of the North Wakefield gyratory scheme proposals on quality of life in the St John’s area
has been denied by the council because
Section 43(2) which applies to information which, if disclosed, would or would be likely to prejudice commercially interests of the Council and its partners under the Freedom [...]

A freedom of information request for the following has been responded to.
“viability and feasibility of the park and ride scheme at Newton Bar”
This is the document that was released
A couple of interesting things struck me, the accident cluster information showing 4 accidents on Leeds Road/Andrew Street.  Andrew street being one of the tiny back roads [...]

The consultation leaflets have started to be delivered
The main difference to the plan is to have two lanes and a bus lane, which will mean road widening and the narrowing of paths.
There is a questionnaire, to be returned before 25th September 2009
There is to be a public display in the Ridings on the 4th/5th September [...]

I have received the traffic survery information I requested under the FOI act.
It seems to me from my initial look that

There appears to be no consideration of the cross streets ( St Johns N and Belgravia)
The traffic volume that will be forced down a single lane (as per the plan)  is more or less doubled
Wentworth [...]

Local residents have been busy making the scheme more widely know by placing this leaflet on cars outside St John’s school

Coverage in the Wakefield express
What I find interesting is how the council say this is “not a done deal” (Coun Denise Jeffery, Wakefield Council’s deputy leader and cabinet member for regeneration)
However the council have approved the scheme in a cabinet meeting, how is that not a done deal?
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