West Yorkshire Combined Authority has agreed to pause the schemes to save £270m and create headroom for other projects to proceed.
The delays agreed by the WYCA finance committee will affect road-widening projects, park and ride schemes and railway station redevelopment.
Among the biggest schemes to be paused are £48m Bradford to Shipley Corridor Improvement, the £46m South East Bradford Access Road. The authority will also pause Kirklees’ A62 to Cooper Bridge improvements and Bradford’s £20m A650 Tong Street scheme while it seeks alternative sources of funding.
The £23m Halifax Station Gateway will also be paused along with two bus park and ride, and five rail park and ride schemes.
| Paused Project |
Project Status |
Cost |
| A61 (N) multi modal corridor improvements – Scott Hall Road bus |
|
£14m |
| A62 to Cooper Bridge Corridor Improvements |
FBC |
£69m |
| A629 (Phase 4) – Ainley Top |
FBC |
£26m |
| A629 (Phase 5) – Ainley Top into Huddersfield |
FBC |
£13m |
| A650 Tong Street |
FBC |
£20m |
| Bradford to Shipley Corridor |
FBC |
£48m |
| CityConnect Phase 3 Cooper Bridge |
OBC |
£1.8m |
| CityConnect Phase 3 Huddersfield Town Centre |
FBC |
£1.3m |
| Programme – Bradford – |
OBC |
£10m |
| Corridor Improvement Programme – Calderdale – A629 |
FBC |
£6m |
| Corridor Improvement Programme – Kirklees – A629 – Fenay Lane |
OBC |
£7.5m |
| Corridor Improvement Programme – Kirklees – Huddersfield Southern |
FBC |
£12m |
| Corridor Improvement Programme – Leeds – A58 Roundhay Road |
FBC |
£9.5m |
| Corridor Improvement Programme – Leeds – Dawsons Corner |
FBC |
£14m |
| Corridor Improvement Programme – Wakefield – A638 |
FBC |
£6,m |
| Corridor Improvement Programme – Wakefield – Owl Lane |
OBC |
£0.05m |
| Halifax Station Gateway |
FBC |
£11m |
| Huddersfield Station Gateway (Phase 1) |
OBC |
£10m |
| Leeds Inland Port |
FBC |
£3m |
| Mirfield to Dewsbury to Leeds (M2D2L) |
FBC |
£12m |
| Rail Parking Package – Apperley Bridge |
OBC |
£1m |
| Rail Parking Package – Ben Rhydding |
OBC |
£2m |
| Rail Parking Package – Guiseley |
OBC |
£7m |
| Rail Parking Package – Outwood |
FBC |
£3m |
| Rail Parking Package Phase 1 |
OBC |
|
| Rail Parking Package phase 2 |
x |
x |
| South East Bradford Access Road |
OBC |
£46m |
| A61 Bus – Cycle – Walking Improvements |
OBC |
£5m |
| A61 Bus – Cycle – Walking Improvements |
OBC |
£7m |
| A629 Wakefield Road Sustainable Travel Corridor |
OBC |
£6m |
Mayor Tracy Brabin said: “As a Mayoral Combined Authority, we are one of the first to be acting so swiftly and so collaborative to get this tricky piece of work over the line.
Director of Delivery Malanie Corcoran said that the schemes would be added to a paused pipeline and taken to outline or final business case to allow a quick start if funding becomes available at a later date.
The authority’s £1bn transport programme currently has over-programming of £151m, which could potentially increase in the near future to £215m due to the impact of current inflation rates.
The committee was told that over-programming needs to be reduced and headroom created within the programme to fund unforeseen cost rises expected in the coming 12-18 months due to inflation rises.
