Transport and streets

• Views sought on ideas for Queens Road revamp

  17 June 2022

  3 minute read

  RESIDENTS and businesses in Leicester’s Clarendon Park are being asked for their views on a potential revamp of the popular Queens Road shopping street.

• City schools celebrate Clean Air Day

  16 June 2022

  3 minute read

  SCHOOLS in Leicester have been celebrating Clean Air Day by making the most of traffic-free local streets.

• Busy road junction to close for overnight resurfacing work

  1 June 2022

  1 minute read

  THE junction of two major roads in Leicester will be closed overnight for resurfacing work next week.

• Join free bike rides and meet artists at work

  24 May 2022

  2 minute read

  FREE guided bike rides in Leicester this week will offer people the chance to meet the artists creating street art for the Bring The Paint festival.

• Repair works to take place on two bridges on busy road

  18 May 2022

  1 minute read

  TWO bridges carrying a busy road are due to undergo extensive repairs and replacement work from next month.

• New project will restore heritage cycle route

  17 May 2022

  4 minute read

  TREE-LINED cycle tracks that were first designed and built in the 1930s are set to be restored as part of a new project to improve walking and cycling routes in Leicester.

• £800,000 improvement programme for city’s estates

  13 May 2022

  2 minute read

  NEW car parking spaces, cutting back shrubs and tidying up overgrown green spaces are among the improvements that have been made to a city estate after residents told the council what they’d like to see done.

• Changes to Evington streets aim to improve safety, congestion and local environment

  6 May 2022

  2 minute read

  NEW measures are set to be tried out on neighbourhood streets in Evington to help reduce traffic speeds, congestion, inappropriate parking and rat-running.

• Work starts on major neighbourhood cycling route improvements

  6 May 2022

  2 minute read

  WORK has started on a major new neighbourhood cycling route in Leicester as part of a government-backed citywide programme of investment in sustainable transport.

• Work to begin on £1.5m Braunstone Gate ‘mini-Holland’ improvement scheme

  29 April 2022

  4 minute read

  WORK to make permanent a pop-up ‘mini-Holland’ scheme in part of Leicester’s West End is due to get underway early next month.

• Taxi strategy agreed to improve standards

  29 April 2022

  2 minute read

  IMPROVEMENTS to the quality of taxi services and vehicles will be made in order to make taxi travel easier and safer for passengers.

• Try out Leicester’s e-bike scheme and ride like the Riders!

  28 April 2022

  3 minute read

  BASKETBALL stars from the Leicester Riders are swapping hoops for wheels as they lend their backing to Santander Cycles Leicester, the city’s e-bike share scheme.