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Seacroft parked car protest puts brakes on bus stop
To the untrained eye it is just another parked car, but to one man it has been the key in a battle to protect his Seacroft home.
Steve Wilson parked the small blue Suzuki Swift to stop workmen from building a bus stop outside his house on The Ring Road at Seacroft.
And now it looks like he might have won.
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After failing to persuade the 38-year-old to move the vehicle, Leeds City Council has said it will make a U-turn.
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A spokesman said that the stop would be not be built outside Mr Wilson's home, and a new site would be found in consultation with Metro.
But Mr Wilson is not taking any risks.
"It has got to be in writing that there will be no bus stop and that they will remove any work that they have already done at that spot," he said.
The bus stop row dates back to 2006 when letters were sent to two of Mr
Wilson's neighbours outlining plans to relocate a bus stop close to Barwick roundabout to make way for a new pedestrian crossing.
Mr Wilson claims he knew nothing of the work until engineers began digging up a grass verge outside his house on Monday.
He said he worried about the noise, litter and general inconvenience of having a stop located so close to his home.
"I used to live in a cul-de-sac where buses turned and stopped," he
said.
"People used to shelter in my garden and leave litter. I then looked at moving and chose this house on the Ring Road in part because there was no stop outside."
His long-term partner Nicky Woodward, 39, added: "No-one has considered us in any of this, so why should we care."
The stop is located on a school route, also used by the hourly N9 Horsforth to Seacroft.
The council spokesman added: "Other locations are being assessed and we will consult with residents who will be directly affected once a suitable site has been identified."
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