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Council sets out plans for £2,500 daily roads lane rental scheme
Yorkshire Evening Post
|September 20, 2025
Council chiefs have unveiled a £2,500 per day plan to reduce the impact of roadworks on motorists in Leeds.
Leeds City Council has sent proposals to the Department for Transport to charge companies for carrying out works on the city's busiest roads.
The council is looking to introduce a Leeds Lane Rental Scheme on around 10 per cent of its road network, reducing the impact of roadworks by charging as much as £2,500 per day if they are undertaken during the busiest times.
The scheme is designed to encourage companies such as utilities or other works promoters - including developers and the council's own teams - to schedule works outside of the busiest times, and to adopt more efficient ways of working to reduce travel times and delays.
This story is from the September 20, 2025 edition of Yorkshire Evening Post.
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