Dawsons Corner
A SCHEME to reduce congestion on one of the main routes between Bradford and Leeds has received a multi-million pound injections of cash.
Work to the A647 Corridor - which runs from Dawsons Corner in Thornbury to the Armley Gyratory in Leeds, will include the creation of new bus priority works that will shave up to six minutes off bus journeys.
At a meeting of West Yorkshire Combined Authority;s Investment Committee last week members agreed to release £14 million funding for the scheme to progress.
In total the works will cost £19.6m - £3.7m more than the original budget.