Transport and streets

• Prizes on offer for Cycle To Work Day

  29 July 2021

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER people are being encouraged to take to their bikes on Thursday 5 August for Cycle To Work Day, and be in with a chance of winning some prizes.

• Changes planned as part of new one-way system on Gwendolen Road

  26 July 2021

  1 minute read

  A SECTION of a busy road in Spinney Hills is being made one-way to traffic following concerns from residents about congestion and damage to parked cars.

• Join in the fun at Open Streets and Bike Fest

  23 July 2021

  1 minute read

  FREE events that make the most of Leicester’s people-friendly streets and spaces will be on offer in Leicester this weekend.

• Highway works linked to £13.5m St Margaret’s regeneration get underway

  19 July 2021

  3 minute read

  HIGHWAY works linked to the £13.5million regeneration of Leicester’s St Margaret’s bus station and surrounding streets are due to get underway next week.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Consultation launched on Leicester Transport Plan

  28 June 2021

  4 minute read

  PEOPLE across Leicester are being called on for their input into a major new plan setting out transport and travel priorities for the city for the next 15 years.