Leeds Supertram Act 1993

Part I Description of works specifically authorised

In the City of Leeds—

• Work No. 1—A railway (1,160 metres in length) commencing in Cookridge Street immediately south of its junction with St. Ann Street, forming double lines of tramway passing southwards along Cookridge Street, across The Headrow, then along Park Row and eastwards along Boar Lane, then southwards along Briggate, under the existing Briggate Railway Bridge, along Bridge End over the existing bridge over the River Aire (Leeds Bridge), along Hunslet Road and terminating 11 metres south of the junction of Hunslet Road with Waterloo Street;

• Work No. 2—A railway (1,115 metres in length) commencing by a junction with Work No. 1 at its termination, passing south-eastwards on the south-western side of Waterloo Street and of Bowman Lane (to be realigned, Work No. 2A), then southwards across Crown Point Road and Black Bull Street, then on the western side of Chadwick Street (to be realigned, Work No. 2B), passing across that street at two places, then across Carlisle Road at a point 76 metres east of its junction with Sayner Lane, then across Sayner Lane (to be stopped up) at a point 116 metres south-east of its junction with Sayner Road, and terminating on the northern side of South Accommodation Road at a point 20 metres east of the junction of that road with Hunslet Road;

• Work No. 2A—A realignment of Bowman Lane commencing at a point 68 metres south-east of its junction with Kendell Street and terminating at its junction with Crown Point Road;

• Work No. 2B—A realignment of Chadwick Street commencing 135 metres south of the point at which Chadwick Street turns westwards towards Black Bull Street and terminating 6 metres west of the point at which Chadwick Street turns south-westwards towards Hunslet Road;

• Work No. 2C—A railway (275 metres in length) commencing by a junction with Work No. 2 on the southern side of Carlisle Road, passing eastwards then southwards across Sayner Lane (to be stopped up) at a point 161 metres south-east of its junction with Sayner Road, and terminating 11 metres north of a point on the northern side of South Accommodation Road 75 metres east of its junction with Hunslet Road, together with depot facilities;

• Work No. 3—A railway (2,220 metres in length) commencing by a junction with Work No. 2 at its termination, forming double lines of tramway (400 metres in length), passing southwards across South Accommodation Road, then along the southbound carriageway of Hunslet Road, then across Hunslet Road from a point 30 metres north of its junction with Forster Street to a point 75 metres north of its junction with Joseph Street, continuing south-eastwards along the western side of Hunslet Road and of Low Road, across Joseph Street and Epworth Place (vehicular rights to be stopped up in both such roads), turning south-westwards to a point on the northern side of Church Street 46 metres south-west of its junction with Low Road, there forming double lines of tramway (1,365 metres in length) south-westwards along Church Street, then southwards along Balm Road (to be widened at its junction with Church Street) over the existing bridge over the Altofts Junction to Leeds Railway, along the southbound carriageway of Belle Isle Road (vehicular rights to be stopped up), under the existing M1 motorway bridge over that road, and terminating at a point 4 metres south of the junction of Belle Isle Road with South View Road, including a raising of the level of the said carriageway of Belle Isle Road between a point 90 metres north of the said motorway bridge and a point 95 metres south of that bridge;

• Work No. 3A—A realignment of Hillidge Road commencing at a point 80 metres north of its junction with Joseph Street and terminating on the northern side of Joseph Street at a point 22 metres west of its junction with Hunslet Road;

• Work No. 3B—A new road commencing by a junction with Epworth Place at its southernmost point and terminating by a junction with Whitfield Way at its northernmost point;

• Work No. 3C—A widening of Balm Road on its eastern side between its junction with Church Street and its junction with Midland Road;

• Work No. 3D—A diversion of Anchor Street commencing at a point 60 metres north-west of the existing junction of that road with Church Street and terminating by a new junction with Church Street at a point 34 metres west of that existing junction;

• Work No. 3E—A widening of Church Street on its northern side between a point 53 metres north-east of its existing junction with Anchor Street and its new junction with that road forming part of Work No. 3D;

• Work No. 3F—A widening of Church Street on its northern side between a point 130 metres west of its existing junction with Anchor Street and its said new junction with that road;

• Work No. 3G—A widening of Balm Road on its eastern side between its junctions with Telford Terrace and Woodhouse Hill Road;

• Work No. 3H—A new road commencing by a junction with Woodhouse Hill Terrace 37 metres south of the junction of that road with Woodhouse Hill Road and terminating by a junction with Braithwaite Row at a point 30 metres north-east of the junction of that road with Belle Isle Road;

• Work No. 3J—A widening of Belle Isle Road on its western side between points 22 and 107 metres north of its junction with West Grange Drive;

• Work No. 4—A railway (1,905 metres in length) commencing by a junction with Work No. 3 at its termination, forming double lines of tramway (443 metres in length) passing to the central reservation of Belle Isle Road at its junction with East and West Grange Drive and continuing southwards along Belle Isle Road to the central island of the roundabout at Belle Isle Circus, passing across that central island, there forming double lines of tramway (1,327 metres in length) continuing southwards along the central reservation of Belle Isle Road and terminating on the northern side of the central island of the roundabout at the junction of Belle Isle Road and Ring Road Middleton;

• Work No. 4A—A diversion of Ring Road Middleton (north-eastern), commencing by a junction with that road at a point 55 metres west of its junction with Nesfield Road and terminating by a junction with the gyratory road of that last-mentioned roundabout at a point 58 metres south-east of the junction of Belle Isle Road with that gyratory road;

• Work No. 5—A railway (1,590 metres in length) commencing by a junction with Work No. 4 at its termination, passing southwards then south-westwards across the central island of that last-mentioned roundabout, across the south-western gyratory road of that roundabout and its slip road to Ring Road Middleton, passing on the south-eastern side of Ring Road Middleton (south-eastern) across the roundabout at the junction of Sharp Lane and Ring Road Middleton, then across that road and continuing on the northern side of Ring Road Middleton, across Lingwell Road, then continuing on land between Middleton Park Road (southern) and Middleton Park Road (northern), turning south at Middleton Park Circus, across Middleton Park Road (southern) and terminating on the northern side of Middleton Park Circus (southern) at its junction with Middleton Park Avenue;

• Work No. 6—A railway (985 metres in length) commencing by a junction with Work No. 5 at its termination, forming double lines of tramway passing southwards along Middleton Park Avenue and terminating at a point 25 metres north of the existing junction of that road with Thorpe Lane;

• Work No. 6A—A widening of Middleton Park Avenue on its eastern side at its junction with Throstle Road between a point 65 metres south of its junction with Throstle Lane and a point on the northern side of Throstle Road 40 metres east of its junction with Middleton Park Avenue;

• Work No. 7—A railway (1,630 metres in length) commencing bya junction with Work No. 6 at its termination, passing south-westwards on the north-western side of Thorpe Lane (to be realigned at its junction with Middleton Park Avenue) to a point 290 metres north-east of its junction with Dunningley Lane, there forming double lines of tramway (505 metres in length), passing south-westwards along Thorpe Lane, over the bridge carrying that road over the M62 motorway, then along the A654 road to a point 65 metres south-west of the junction of that road with Thorpe Lane continuing on the western side of that road, then turning westwards and terminating 24 metres east of the eastern side of Spink Well Lane at a point 62 metres north of its junction with the A650 Bradford Road;

• Work No. 7A—A realignment of Thorpe Lane south of its existing line at its junction with Middleton Park Avenue commencing at a point 94 metres east of that existing road junction and terminating at a point 340 metres west of that junction;

• Work No. 7B—A new road commencing by a junction with Thorpe Lane (Work No. 7A) and terminating by a junction with Thorpe Mount at a point 20 metres north of that junction;

• Work No. 7C—A new road commencing by a junction with Thorpe Lane (Work No. 7A) and terminating by a junction with Thorpe Garth at a point 21 metres north of that junction;

• Work No. 7D—A new road commencing by a junction with the A650 Bradford Road 78 metres west of the junction of that road with the A654 road and terminating at a point 34 metres northwards therefrom, forming the road access to a car park to be provided;

• Work No. 8—A railway (950 metres in length) commencing by a junction with Work No. 3 at a point in Balm Road 120 metres north of its junction with Telford Terrace, forming double lines of tramway (105 metres in length), passing south-eastwards along a new road (Work No. 8C) to the termination of that road, then passing on the south-western side of sidings forming part of the Altofts Junction to Leeds Railway, then under the existing bridge carrying Pepper Road over that railway, on the south-western side of that railway, and terminating at a point 48 metres north-west of the western side of the existing bridge carrying Wakefield Road over that railway;

• Work No. 8A—A railway (109 metres in length) commencing by a junction with the Altofts Junction to Leeds Railway at a point 112 metres north-west of the western side of the bridge carrying Pepper Road over that railway and terminating by a junction with that railway at a point 2 metres north-west of that side of that bridge;

• Work No. 8B—A railway (368 metres in length), commencing by a junction with Work No. 8 at a point 200 metres from its commencement, passing on the formation of sidings forming part of the Altofts Junction to Leeds Railway to the north-east of Work No. 8, and terminating by a junction with Work No. 8 at a point 35 metres north-west of the western side of the bridge carrying Pepper Road over that railway, together with depot facilities;

• Work No. 8C—A new road commencing by a junction with Balm Road at a point 105 metres north of its junction with Telford Terrace, passing eastwards and terminating 82 metres from its commencement at a point 65 metres north of the point at which Telford Terrace turns westwards towards Balm Road;

• Work No. 9—A railway (675 metres in length) commencing by a junction with Work No. 8 at its termination, passing southwards, south-westwards and south-eastwards, under Westbury Place North by a bridge at a point 22 metres west of its junction with Wakefield Road, across the southbound exit slip road at Junction 43 of the M1 motorway, under the existing bridge carrying that motorway at that junction, across the northbound entry slip road at that junction, and terminating 120 metres north-west of the junction of the A61 road with the northbound exit slip road at the said Junction 43, at a car park and interchange terminus to be provided, including the said bridge under Westbury Place North;

• Work No. 9A—A new road commencing by a junction with the gyratory road on the south-western side of the roundabout at Junction 43 of the M1 motorway at a point 45 metres north-west of the junction of the A61 road with that gyratory road, passing for a distance of 885 metres southwards, westwards and northwards within the said car park and interchange terminus and terminating at a point 100 metres north-west of the said junction of the A61 road with that gyratory road;

• Work No. 9B—A new road, commencing by a junction with the A61 road at a point 25 metres north of its junction with the northbound exit slip road at Junction 43 of the M1 motorway, passing north-westwards within the said car park and interchange terminus, across Work No. 9A and terminating at a point 145 metres from its commencement.