Meadow Lane Improvements

Meadow Lane Highway Improvements

Work to transform the highway section of Meadow Lane started in April 2021. This work will see the redevelopment of Meadow Lane from a four lane road to a two-way road with further improvements planned to start in July on improving the public realm, including a new city park.

The conversion of the existing highway on Meadow Lane from a dual carriageway to a single carriageway will provide the opportunity to release the land around the highway and will form part of the council’s contribution to the City Park. The design of the City Park is under development and work is set to start later this year.

Once the scheme is fully complete in spring 2022, there will be significant benefits:

• The Leeds Bridge bus gates will make bus journeys faster and more reliable and reduce air pollution and vehicular noise on Meadow Lane.
• The significant narrowing of Meadow Lane allows for the repurposing of redundant highway to be used for new development, public realm and greenspace creating an attractive setting for the City Park
• The scheme helps to unlock the delivery of the city council’s contribution to the City Park, which will facilitate realisation of the vision for South Bank and address the shortage of green space in the City Centre
• The scheme also provides residual brownfield land to be regenerated for future development directly to the north of the greenspace
• Cycle users will benefit from a continuous protected two-way cycleway between Great Wilson Street and the Call Lane/ Swinegate junction
• Bus users will benefit from new bus shelters and updated real-time information.
• The bus stop by-pass will ensure there are no conflicts between bus stop users and cycle users at the southbound bus stop.
• The capacity of northbound bus stops in the area will increase, enhancing the resilience of the bus network.

Plans can be viewed and downloaded below.

Meadow Lane North plan

Meadow Lane South