Transport and streets

• Bus lane enforcement to restart from June 1

  28 May 2020

  2 minute read

  CAMERA enforcement of Leicester’s bus lanes and bus gates is due to restart next week after being suspended throughout the coronavirus lockdown.

• City centre car park to reopen with new safety measures

  27 May 2020

  2 minute read

  NEW coronavirus safety measures have been installed at one of Leicester’s busiest city centre multi-storey car parks to enable staff and customers in time for its reopening on June 1.

• A mile of new cycling and walking pop-up paths per week planned as part of city’s recovery plan

  21 May 2020

  5 minute read

  A MILE of new pop-up cycling and walking lanes will be installed every week for the next 10 weeks under new plans for the post-lockdown recovery of Leicester’s transport system.

• New 20mph zone due for Clarendon Park

  15 May 2020

  1 minute read

  MORE than a dozen streets in Leicester’s Clarendon Park suburb are due to come under a new 20mph zone after residents voted in favour of bringing in the speed-reduction measures.

• Rutland Cycling donates 50 bikes to Leicester Bike Aid

  13 May 2020

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER Bike Aid has benefitted from a generous donation of 50 bicycles from local business Rutland Cycling.

• Hundreds of key workers get help from Leicester Bike Aid

  7 May 2020

  3 minute read

  NEARLY 400 key workers have been helped by Leicester Bike Aid since it was launched by the city council a month ago.

• Council to approve £6.9m contribution to £70m Transforming Cities programme

  7 May 2020

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council is due to approve investment of almost £7million as part of a major programme of improvements to public transport, cycling and walking across the city.

• Work begins on major building scheme near Leicester Tigers ground

  7 May 2020

  2 minute read

  ONE lane of a busy Leicester road is due to close temporarily to enable work on major scheme to create a new hotel and multi-storey car park on land near the Leicester Tigers’ stadium.

• Second temporary cycle track installed to continue route into city

  30 April 2020

  3 minute read

  A SECOND temporary cycle track is being installed to help create a safe route for people cycling into the city centre during the coronavirus lockdown.

• Temporary cycle lane creates route to help key workers

  27 April 2020

  3 minute read

  A NEW cycle track has been put in place to help key workers who are biking to work during the coronavirus lockdown.

• City council launches ‘bikes for key workers’ scheme

  8 April 2020

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council has teamed up with local bike shops, projects and organisations to offer free bikes to key workers during the coronavirus crisis.

• Work completed on latest community parking spaces scheme

  30 March 2020

  1 minute read

  OVER 50 new parking spaces and laybys have been created across Leicester as part of a programme to help neighbourhoods.