Transport and streets

• Colourful crossings link city centre with cultural quarter

  23 September 2020

  1 minute read

  COLOURFUL coatings are being installed on two busy city centre crossings to create distinctive pedestrian links into Leicester’s cultural quarter.

• Mural celebrates new street’s cinematic past

  22 September 2020

  2 minute read

  AN ART deco cinema that once stood on the site of a new road in Leicester city centre is providing the inspiration for a spectacular new mural.

• Repairs to be made to three road bridges in Aylestone

  18 September 2020

  2 minute read

  THREE road bridges beneath a busy route in Aylestone Village are to undergo extensive repair work over the coming months.

• Footbridge over Burleys Way to be demolished

  18 September 2020

  3 minute read

  A FOOTBRIDGE spanning part of Leicester’s busy inner ring road is due to be demolished next month as part of enabling works for a major revamp of the area.

• New road paves the way for extended pedestrian zone

  17 September 2020

  2 minute read

  A NEW road that will provide a quick route out of the city centre for buses leaving the Haymarket bus station will open next month – paving the way for the extension of Leicester’s pedestrian zone.

• Sewer works to affect Aylestone Road this weekend

  16 September 2020

  1 minute read

  ROAD users are being warned of likely disruption caused by sewer works beneath part of Aylestone Road which are due to begin this week.

• Overnight road closures planned at busy Welford Road junction

  9 September 2020

  2 minute read

  A BUSY road junction in Leicester will be subject to overnight closures for up to two weeks from Monday for essential resurfacing works.

• Extra buses help students travel to school safely

  3 September 2020

  3 minute read

  STUDENTS returning to school in Leicester and Leicestershire can benefit from extra bus services to help them get to school safely.

• Work begins on new footbridge at Sock Island

  28 August 2020

  2 minute read

  WORK to construct a new footbridge connecting Leicester’s Sock Island to Belgrave is now underway.

• Temporary traffic measures brought in outside 23 city schools to help safe return to classrooms

  26 August 2020

  4 minute read

  TRAFFIC management measures are being introduced temporarily at more than 20 city schools to help children and parents socially distance as thousands of families prepare to return to the classroom.

• New red route ‘no stopping’ restrictions to be trialled on London Road

  26 August 2020

  2 minute read

  PART of Leicester’s London Road is set to become an experimental red route, with the introduction of stricter no stopping restrictions from next week.

• St Martins social distancing and pedestrianisation scheme to begin

  14 August 2020

  2 minute read

  A SCHEME is being introduced in the historic streets near Leicester Market to help businesses by allowing outdoor seating areas and enabling customers to more easily social distance.