Road works on major commuter route near Leeds Bradford Airport to be ‘significantly’ extended

A major project to repair a culvert under a busy commuter road near to Leeds Bradford Airport will need to be “significantly” extended following a review of the works, the council has said.

Work at Pool Bank New Road, which began in May, is being carried out to strengthen the 100-year-old water culvert running underneath the A658 north-east of the Dyneley Arms junction between the A660 Leeds Road and Pool-in-Wharfedale.

Leeds City Council said it is now necessary to dig more extensively into the foundations below the culvert, using concrete to strengthen it.

This additional work means the project is now expected to complete by the end of September.

The road will continue to operate as a single lane serving both directions, managed by temporary traffic signals with a reduced 30-miles per hour speed limit in place.

Leeds City Council executive member for regeneration, transport and planning, Cllr Richard Lewis, said:“We apologise to anyone inconvenienced by the need to extend these works, but since we have been working on site it has become apparent a change in approach is needed. This includes additional foundation strengthening work, so it does mean a few weeks more pain in order to ensure this culvert and stretch of road is safe and secure for the long-term future.

“We are determined to do everything we can to get this work completed as soon as possible and we thank those affected for their patience and understanding while this is carried out.”

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