End of the road for UK’s first HOV lane

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

Britain’s first high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane looks set to be scrapped. 

The lane on the inbound carriageway of the A647 Stanningley Road in west Leeds was opened in 1998. It has two sections, of 400 metres and 1.1km, over a 2km length of the dual carriageway road. Between 0700 and 1000 weekdays the lane can only be used by vehicles carrying two or more occupants, powered two-wheelers, and cyclists.

Martin Farrington, Leeds’ director of city development, told councillors...

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