{"id":90276,"date":"2018-03-22T11:52:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T11:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=e861b2792d20f8f1eb74595e237d3a5d"},"modified":"2018-03-22T11:52:06","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T11:52:06","slug":"press-release-m621-preferred-route-announced-to-improve-journeys-into-leeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=90276","title":{"rendered":"Press release: M621 preferred route announced to improve journeys into Leeds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Following a 6-week consultation held last year, 3 options were presented to the public on plans to improve this busy commuter route. The proposals included junction improvements between junction 1 and 7 and additional lanes at points along the route.<\/p>\n

The preferred route includes a number of improvements which aim to reduce the causes of congestion on the M621. This includes widening the carriageway at junction 2, closing junction 2a anti-clockwise and installing improved technology and signs along the route. The anti-clockwise carriageway at junction 3 will also be widened from 1 to 2 lanes and the way the lanes merge at junction 3 will also be changed to give priority to traffic on the main carriageway.<\/p>\n

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

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This is an exciting scheme and we look forward to moving this project to the next stage and improving the road for drivers heading into and out of Leeds.<\/p>\n

The option we have chosen to take forward will work well alongside the other transport and infrastructure projects taking place around the city.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Highways England is currently carrying out improvements between junction 3 and junction 6 on the M621 until May 2018 as part of vital work which needs to take place before we begin work on this major scheme.<\/p>\n

The works include the installation of central reserve concrete barrier for safety reasons and renewal of verge barriers and drains.<\/p>\n

For more information on the major scheme please visit our website<\/a> or e mail M621J1to7@highwaysengland.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

General enquiries<\/h3>\n

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

Media enquiries<\/h3>\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":"

The next step in a \u00a355million scheme to give drivers safer and more reliable journeys into Leeds took a major step forward today.<\/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\/90276"}],"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=90276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}