Video shows how £38.5million Stourton Leeds park and ride will look once complete

Leeds City Council has released footage of how the new park and ride in Stourton will look once complete
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The £38.5 million project forms part of Connecting Leeds’ goal to improve the bus network and provide better connectivity while reducing carbon emissions in the city.

It will be the third park and ride site in Leeds, alongside the Elland Road and Temple Green sites, and will cater for drivers travelling south-east of the city with access via Junction 7 of M621, A61S and A639.

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The site will be the first fully solar-powered park and ride site in the city and will be served by an electric bus fleet that will run every day.

The Stourton park and ride should be completed in Autumn 2021.The Stourton park and ride should be completed in Autumn 2021.
The Stourton park and ride should be completed in Autumn 2021.

Leeds City Councillor Lisa Mulherin, an executive board member for climate change, transport and sustainable development, said: “The exciting development of Stourton park and ride builds on the obvious benefits of people switching to public transport use to reduce their impact on the environment.

“Solar panels and an innovative battery storage system, paid for with European Regional Development Funding, will provide energy for the whole park & ride site, which will be served by electric buses.”

Councillor Kim Groves, transport lead for the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, added: “With the potential to take up to 1,200 cars off the road and offer improved journey times into Leeds city centre in a fleet of new all-electric buses, projects like this are an important milestone in our ambition to becoming a net-zero carbon region by 2038.”

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The solar panels will help power 26 electric car charging points and one bus capacity point, meaning it will be easier for electric car users to charge their vehicles.

This will result in 471 tonnes of carbon being reduced each year, which is the equivalent of removing 203 cars from the roads, emission wise, the council claims.

The council also said that the new priority bus lane linking to the park and ride should provide a 10 per cent journey improvement time for buses along Hunslet Road and Low Road.

Commercial Director of First West Yorkshire, Martin Hirst, said: “It is exciting to see the progress being made at the Stourton park and ride and we are delighted to have been selected by West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Leeds City Council to operate the service.

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“The new buses will expand our all-electric vehicles in Leeds and are a continued demonstration of our strategy to move to a fully zero-emission fleet across the region in the years ahead.

"They also enable us to capitalise on the bus priority measures now rolling out across the city, helping to create cleaner air, reduce congestion and give customer reliable journey times in superior comfort.”

The Stourton park and ride should be completed in Autumn 2021 and will have a capacity for 1200 vehicles.