The A660 Joint Council draws your attention to the following presentation at HEART Centre on the 25th March 7.00pm. 

The first presentation of this talk was given on 27 February to a packed audience – “full to standing”. By popular demand Alderman Donald Townsley has kindly agreed to repeat the presentation for those who were unable to attend the previous talk.

This is the first of two excellent extracts on diesel-electric hybrids and battery buses.  See the attachment here………   They are from Don Townsley’s talk which will be repeated on the night.  They show what can be done with electric buses.

NGT is the single biggest scheme, affecting not just our Neighbourhood, but neighbourhoods from Hunslet to Holt Park, that will be promulgated in our life-time. Its effects will be profound, whether you are for or against. 

NGT is not a political issue but one which affects people of all persuasions across the whole of Leeds, with implications for travel, community life and the future finances of the City.

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn the facts about NGT and form a balanced opinion without the sales pitch.

Look forward to seeing you there.

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NEWSFLASH: URGENT

The Council’s Executive Board meets on Wednesday 13th March, included on the agenda

To approve that a report should be presented to Full Council recommending the submission of the required Transport and Works Act Order (TWAO) and associated applications for NGT to the Secretary of State for Transport.

Here is a Link to the report asking for their approval for the scheme:

New Generation Transport information pack FINAL.doc

If this agenda item is approved by the Executive Board, the Full Council meeting in April, will be asked to agree to the expenditure of £19.2m to meet the Council’s share in the development costs for NGT.

These are costs associated with preparing plans and documents required for the submission of the required Transport and Works Act Order (TWAO) and associated applications for NGT to the Secretary of State for Transport. All required before the public enquiry stage and any final decision is made by the Government as to whether to release government(?) money for the scheme.

This expenditure should be viewed against the massive groundswell of public opinion which sees the NGT trolley bus scheme as being flawed and inappropriate, not to mention the council cutbacks being made last year, this year and expected for next year. Assuming common sense prevails and scheme is rejected after a public enquiry, then all this money will have been wasted.

NGT is not a political issue but one which affects people of all persuasions across the whole of Leeds, with implications for travel, community life and the future finances of the City.

The A660 Joint Council position, is to oppose NGT in the form of the trolley-bus.

This is the single biggest scheme, affecting neighbourhoods from Hunslet to Holt Park, that will be promulgated in our life-time. Its effects will be profound, whether you are for or against.

Further thoughts concerning NGT are in the attached document.

 It is vital that you make your views known – act NOW!

The email-addresses of Members of the Executive Board are as follows:

<andrew.carter@leeds.gov.uk>, <stewart.golton@leeds.gov.uk>, <keith.wakefield@leeds.gov.uk>, <judith.blake@leeds.gov.uk>, <mark.dobson@leeds.gov.uk>, <peter.gruen@leeds.gov.uk>,

<richard.lewis@leeds.gov.uk>, <lisa.mulherin@leeds.gov.uk>, <adam.ogilvie@leeds.gov.uk>, <lucinda.yeadon@leeds.gov.uk>

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Hello Everyone

The council will be deciding whether to support NGT next Wednesday.

Here’s the agenda for next Wednesday’s Executive Board meeting:
Please Click here….

Here is a link to the report asking for their approval for the scheme:
Please Click here….

Now is the time to urge councillors to reject this scheme and to get letters sent to the Yorkshire Evening Post.

For convenience, we’ve attached below a list of relevant email addresses
again.

NGT – councillors, MPs and newspapers  (Word Format)
NGT – councillors, MPs and newspapers (PDF Format)

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Leeds City Council’s Executive Board will be meeting in March to decide whether or not to support the trolleybus scheme.

If they give it their approval, we’ll have a long fight on our hands which we might not win.

But if they reject it, we can all breathe a huge sigh of relief.

So if we put the effort in now, it could pay a huge dividend.

The things to do are;

1. Email the Yorkshire Evening Post letters page at: eped@ypn.co.uk

2. Email the Executive Board councillors.

3. Email your local councillors.

4. Email the Metro councillors.

and tell them what you think of the trolleybus scheme grandly called “New Generation Transport”

Please see below a document containing all the necessary email addresses.

NGT – councillors, MPs and newspapers  (Word Format)

NGT – councillors, MPs and newspapers (PDF Format)

It is anticipated that the existing bus service of bus routes such as the 1, 6 and 28 becoming uneconomic to operate and possibly discontinued.

If you want to know more about the scheme, and how it would affect you, here are links to three websites with information:

http://newgenerationtransport.com/

http://leedstrolleybus.org/

http://stopthetrolleybus.com/

Finally, transport consultant Don Townsley will be giving a talk this Wednesday on why NGT is bad for Leeds. Here are the details:

Time:  7pm

Date:   Wednesday 27th February

Place: The Heart centre, Bennett Road, Headingley.

Everyone is welcome.

Please remember to send those emails to the people who can make a difference, and tell everyone you know what’s in store if we do nothing.