Transport chiefs are planning to slash the speed limit across part of Leeds’ outer ring road in a bid to improve safety. Limits on the road vary across different sections as it orbits the city, but drivers can travel at 70 miles per hour (mph) either side of Dawson’s Corner at Pudsey in west Leeds.
Now the city council has revealed plans to cut that section to 50 miles per hour, to reduce the risk of collisions and deaths in the area. The new limit would be enforced by average speed cameras.
The move follows an inquiry into road safety across Leeds by a group of backbench councillors, following a rise in the number of fatal accidents in the years before lockdown. Among 20 recommendations the group have put forward is to explore the use of more average speed cameras.
