Transport and streets

• Welford Road £3m improvement scheme completed

  25 November 2021

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  AN extensive road scheme to improve one of the key routes in and out of the city has been completed.

• Improvement work planned for popular walking and cycling route

  23 November 2021

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  Improvements to a popular walking and cycling route will be carried out next week.

• Improved parking areas and laybys for communities across the city

  19 November 2021

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  A PROGRAMME of installing new parking areas and laybys in residential areas across Leicester gets underway this month.

• Major roadworks due on East Park Road

  17 November 2021

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  EXTENSIVE resurfacing work will be taking place on a section of a busy Leicester from this weekend.

• Experimental scheme will close rat-run as part of £1m highway improvements

  12 November 2021

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  A RESIDENTIAL street used by rat-running motorists is to be partly closed to traffic in an experimental scheme to improve road safety.

• Leicester schools make active travel pledges for COP26

  10 November 2021

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  FIVE Leicester secondary schools are marking the COP26 climate conference with pledges of their own to make a difference to their local environment.

• Diwali Day celebrations and Foxes home game to affect city traffic

  4 November 2021

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  MOTORISTS are being asked to allow extra time for journeys in Leicester today due to a combination of Diwali Day celebrations and a home game by Leicester City Football Club.

• Leicester Bus Services Improvement Plan announced

  1 November 2021

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  AMBITIOUS plans have been announced to vastly improve bus services, vehicles and routes across Leicester as part of a 10-year project involving the city council and local bus operators.

• Improvement work at busy city junction

  29 October 2021

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  TRAFFIC restrictions will be in place at a busy junction for up to four weeks as part of an ongoing programme of road improvements.

• Leicester’s electric bus fleet to top 100 within three years thanks to new funding

  29 October 2021

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  LEICESTER is set to increase its fleet of zero emission, all-electric buses with almost 100 new vehicles over the next three years, it has been announced.

• Leicester’s railway station revamp plans get major cash boost

  28 October 2021

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  AMBITIOUS plans to transform the entrance to Leicester’s historic railway station have been given a major boost with the award of almost £18million of Government funding.

• Leicester Half Marathon to take to city’s streets once again

  28 October 2021

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  RUNNERS will be taking to the city’s streets this weekend with the return of the Leicester Half Marathon.