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• New knife crime strategy launched in Leicester

  9 July 2021

  2 minute read

  AN INNOVATIVE new knife crime strategy that has been designed by and for local communities is being launched in Leicester.

• Changes to city’s network of pop-up cycle lanes and social-distancing measures

  9 July 2021

  4 minute read

  ALTERATIONS are due to be made to a citywide network of pop-up safe cycling, walking, and social-distance measures which were introduced during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020.

• Work to begin on new Putney Road link road scheme

  8 July 2021

  2 minute read

  A NEW road scheme designed to tackle congestion and create a shorter route between two of the city’s busiest arterial roads is to get underway next week.

• Leicester’s Bookbus service to go electric

  8 July 2021

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER’S Bookbus service is to go electric as part of the city council’s commitment to tackling the climate emergency.

• New 20mph zone to be installed in Rushey Mead

  7 July 2021

  1 minute read

  DOZENS of residential streets in Rushey Mead are to be included in a new 20mph zone aimed at cutting traffic speeds and improving safety.

• Experimental scheme will close rat-running route

  7 July 2021

  2 minute read

  A JUNCTION used by ran-running motorists to cut through a residential area of the city is to be partly closed to traffic in an experimental scheme to improve road safety.

• Sign up now for holiday scheme for children on free school meals

  6 July 2021

  1 minute read

  CHILDREN and young people in Leicester who receive free school meals are being invited to sign up for a free programme of activities over the summer holidays.

• City’s history brought to life in latest batch of heritage panels

  6 July 2021

  2 minute read

  THE ONE–TIME home of a famous Leicester family, the site of Leicester’s Art Deco dairy, and the story of Leicester’s very own Statue of Liberty are all featured on new heritage panels produced by the city council.

• Funding gives more people the chance to try ebikes

  5 July 2021

  3 minute read

  The city and county councils in Leicester and Leicestershire have linked up with the Department for Transport to offer residents the chance to try getting around on electric bikes.

• Final phase of Welford Road corridor improvement programme to begin

  1 July 2021

  3 minute read

  THE last stage of a major programme of road resurfacing and improvement works in and around one of the main routes into Leicester is due to start at the end of next week.

• Owners notified of next stage to make safe collapsing wall

  1 July 2021

  2 minute read

  OWNERS of a wall in Halstead Street, Leicester, are being updated on work needed to protect lives and properties from the six-metre high wall which is at risk of collapse.

• Work starts on construction of Leicester’s new bus station at St Margaret’s

  30 June 2021

  5 minute read

  WORK has started on the ambitious £13.5million regeneration of Leicester’s St Margaret’s bus station and its surrounding streets.