New street lighting for Rothwell residents is  part of a Leeds-wide new street-lighting scheme.

"The main work is due to take place in Rothwell during March."   said contractor SEC 

The construction of Phase 2 of the new town centre is now well under way - and the new units of Phase 1 are now in use.

 Thanks to Rob Shaw we have a little download for users of "Google Earth"  This file (if you open it with Google Earth) will show you the development plans overlayed on a picture of Rothwell from Space.

•  Rob's file: "newmorrisonsplan.kmz"
•  Google Earth program (free)
•  View overlay in Google Maps (Inferior quality but no download required)

Rothwell road safety campaigners stepped up a gear in their fight by taking their case to the full meeting of Leeds City Council last week. A delegation from Leeds Road Residents Action Group attended the meeting of all 99 councillors and told how Rothwell roads are blighted by heavy lorries and speeding cars and that thousands of motorists using the A639 and A642 at Rothwell break the 40 mph speed limit every day. They also said that Royds School pupils had to cross the busy roads and warned that the problems would get worse unless action was taken before the opening of the East Leeds Link Road. The group called for a HGV ban and council support for a range of other road safety measures including a school crossing and speed cameras. The delegation was successful and the issues raised will now be referred to the Executive Board of Leeds City Council.