West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Combined authority for West Yorkshire, led by an elected mayor, with transport and economic development powers.
OrganisationSources & confidence: Qualified confidence
Checked 8 October 2026 · AI-assisted review
Identity and its role in the Leeds tram and the Holbeck Viaduct discussion.
- Wikidata entity identity and cross-references
The entity identity, dates and recorded authority identifiers; not an independent authority-register validation.
- Tom Forth: Tram questions
Describes WYCA's work on the Leeds tram.
- The Burnham Programme: The Holbeck Viaduct
Names WYCA as holding the transport and economic development levers relevant to the viaduct.
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Discussed in the essay as the body that would deliver the Leeds tram and could fund the Holbeck Viaduct.
In the essays
- Somewhere Worth Living
Read the essay
Cases
- Holbeck Viaduct, Leeds
Influenced
- Leeds mass transit
Influenced
Record history
Catalogue source: knowledge/organisations/west-yorkshire-combined-authority.md
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