{"id":83868,"date":"2017-08-31T18:06:25","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T18:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=233b59d6da0b8df9b668d2d9798aa0c9"},"modified":"2017-08-31T18:06:25","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T18:06:25","slug":"press-release-find-out-more-about-plans-to-improve-the-m621-in-leeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=83868","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Find out more about plans to improve the M621 in Leeds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The planned Highways England improvements will provide additional capacity and improve journey times and safety while supporting economic growth in the region.<\/p>\n

The options being explored to improve this busy commuter route include improvements between junction 1 and 7, additional lanes at points along the route and more signage which will improve the information drivers receive.<\/p>\n

The project is expected to cost around \u00a355m and is due to start in 2020, subject to achieving all the necessary approvals.<\/p>\n

A consultation is now taking place which will run for six weeks, from Monday 4 September to Sunday 15 October, for people to give their views.<\/p>\n

A series of events are also being held for people to come along, meet the team and find out more about the scheme.<\/p>\n

These will be held on Friday 8 September from 1pm until 8pm at the Hillside Enterprise Centre, Beeston Rd, Leeds LS11 8ND; Saturday 9 September from 10am until 4pm at the same venue and on Saturday 16 September from 10am until 4pm at St Matthew\u2019s Community Centre, St Matthew\u2019s Street, Leeds, LS11 9NR.<\/p>\n

Highways England project manager Sarah Kearns said:<\/p>\n

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This is an exciting scheme that will help improve motorist\u2019s journeys and cut congestion in Leeds.<\/p>\n

We look forward to people coming along to these events to find out more and have their say.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For more information please visit the scheme webpage<\/a> or email the project teamM621J1to7@highwaysengland.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

General enquiries<\/h2>\n

Members of the public should contact the Highways England customer contact centre on 0300 123 5000.<\/p>\n

Media enquiries<\/h2>\n

Journalists should contact the Highways England press office on 0844 693 1448 and use the menu to speak to the most appropriate press officer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

People in Leeds are being given the chance to find out more about plans to upgrade the M621 between junction 1 and 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83868"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}