Transport and streets

• Road safety work at junction to take place

  12 February 2020

  2 minute read

  A JUNCTION in a residential area is being altered to prevent motorists turning illegally into a one-way street.

• Major highways improvement scheme due at Welford Road and Putney Road junction

  6 February 2020

  2 minute read

  IMPROVEMENTS are planned for a busy Leicester junction as part of a major redevelopment scheme being carried out by the University of Leicester.

• Plans announced for £4million revamp of city centre streets

  5 February 2020

  2 minute read

  PLANS for a major £4million revamp of three busy city centre streets have been announced by Leicester City Council.

• Sting operations tackle careless parking, littering and air quality issues

  5 February 2020

  2 minute read

  A SERIES of ‘sting’ operations is taking place to tackle school-run drivers who drive or park dangerously, discard litter or leave their engines running while stationary.

• Traffic calming and 20mph limits to be introduced in two communities

  31 January 2020

  1 minute read

  NEW 20mph speed limits and traffic calming measures are due to be brought in on streets in two residentials area of Leicester.

• Road will close for renovation works to bridge

  22 January 2020

  1 minute read

  A BRIDGE spanning a brook which flows through a residential area of Leicester will undergo much-needed repairs starting later this month.

• Dozens of new car parking spaces created on former garage site

  16 January 2020

  1 minute read

  MORE than two dozen new car parking spaces have been created by Leicester City Council for residents of a city community.

• More than 100 motorists fined for inconsiderate parking outside schools

  15 January 2020

  2 minute read

  OVER 100 penalty charge notices were issued as part of a campaign to tackle drivers parking carelessly or illegally outside schools across Leicester.

• National Pothole Day recognises road repairers

  14 January 2020

  2 minute read

  THE unsung teams of repairmen and women who fix roads across Leicester are being recognised in a national campaign.

• Changes in Church Gate as work starts on Sandacre Street

  14 January 2020

  2 minute read

  A SECTION of Church Gate will be closed to traffic on Sunday (19 January) as the city council prepares to reverse traffic flow on the city centre street.

• Work begins on new exit slip road at St Margaret’s Bus Station

  7 January 2020

  2 minute read

  WORK has begun on a project to cut journey times for buses using St Margaret’s Bus Station by creating a new exit directly onto the city’s inner ring road.

• Towed-away cars are responsible for thousands in unpaid parking fines

  7 January 2020

  2 minute read

  NEARLY a dozen cars which between them are responsible for over £62,000 of unpaid parking fines have been seized by civil enforcement officers at Leicester City Council.