Transport and streets

• Section of Melton Road to close for essential maintenance

  10 February 2022

  1 minute read

  A STRETCH of Leicester’s busy Melton Road will be closed for a few days this half term break to enable essential maintenance work to take place.

• Programme of half term road resurfacing to take place

  3 February 2022

  2 minute read

  ALMOST £400,000 is to be spent on repairs and resurfacing work in two areas of Leicester over the coming weeks.

• Work underway on major improvements to Saffron Lane

  2 February 2022

  2 minute read

  WORK has started on major improvements to Leicester’s busy Saffron Lane as part of a major Government-backed programme of investment in Sustainable travel across the city.

• Rewards on offer for choosing sustainable travel

  27 January 2022

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE in parts of Leicester who make a pledge to travel sustainably could be in with the chance of winning £250 worth of shopping vouchers, as well as book vouchers for schools.

• Traffic-calming and 20mph zone to be introduced in Spinney Hills

  27 January 2022

  2 minute read

  A NEW 20mph and traffic calming scheme is due to be put in place covering dozens of residential streets in Spinney Hills.

• Overnight road closures in link road construction scheme

  27 January 2022

  2 minute read

  A SERIES of overnight works are due to take place next week on a major road project connecting Putney Road West to Aylestone Road and Saffron Lane.

• Work to begin on Granby Street gateway revamp

  11 January 2022

  2 minute read

  A BUSY shopping street and main gateway between Leicester city centre and the railway station is set for a revamp, with work due to begin later this week.

• Pop-up ‘mini-Holland’ could be made permanent as part of £1.5m Braunstone Gate improvement scheme

  11 January 2022

  3 minute read

  A POP-UP scheme introduced to create more space for pedestrians and cyclists on a busy Leicester shopping street could be made permanent.

• Improvement work to begin at busy city road junction

  7 January 2022

  2 minute read

  TRAFFIC restrictions will be in place at a junction on a busy main road in Leicester from next week as part of a major highway improvement programme.

• £5million to be invested in improving two city estates

  6 January 2022

  2 minute read

  IMPROVEMENTS to public spaces in two Leicester neighbourhoods will be carried out thanks to a £5million investment over the next three years.

• Consultation launched on proposed Workplace Parking Levy

  16 December 2021

  4 minute read

  PEOPLE are being asked to give their views in a public consultation over a proposed Workplace Parking Levy (WPL) which could help fund a radical overhaul and long-term modernisation of the city’s public transport, cycling and walking networks.

• Plans outlined for major improvement scheme on Saffron Lane

  15 December 2021

  2 minute read

  IMPROVEMENTS are planned for Leicester’s busy Saffron Lane as part of a major Government-backed programme of investment in sustainable travel across the city.