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Leeds lifts high wind restriction at junction

25 October 2019
 

Leeds City Council is ending a traffic restriction imposed at a road junction during high wind conditions.

Problems with high winds at the junction of Victoria Road and Water Lane, south of the city centre, arose after the construction of the Bridgewater Place office building in 2007. A pedestrian was killed in 2011 when a lorry blew over. The deputy coroner recommended that the junction be closed to all highway users when wind speeds reached 20 metres per second.

The council subsequently...

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