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A £250,000 programme of surface dressing works on roads across the city is due to begin next week.

CHILDREN at a Leicester school will be taking their classroom activities out onto a traffic-free street as part of national Clean Air Day.

A SECTION of Regent Road will close over the weekend to allow emergency repairs to be carried out.

VEHICLE-activated safety signs have been installed on parts of the city’s road network to reduce traffic speeds near schools, pedestrian crossings, sharp bends and known accident sites.

PROPOSALS for a safer and more direct cycle route between Clarendon Park and the city centre have been announced.

ANYONE stopping on ‘keep clear’ markings outside more than 20 schools in Leicester could now be captured on camera and fined.

RICKSHAW rides, guided walks and children’s craft sessions are among the free activities on offer at Open Streets, a monthly festival celebrating Leicester’s unique history and urban landscape.

A NEW 20mph zone has been approved for a number of streets in the city’s Troon ward.

WORK is underway on a pilot scheme to rebuild and improve the fronts of nearly two dozen houses in a busy Leicester community.

A NEW 20MPH zone covering most of the city’s Eyres Monsell community is due to come into effect next week.

AN extensive improvement scheme to make Newarke Street car park safer and easier for motorists to use has been completed.

A £1.78m package of improvements is being made to Haymarket Car Park in order to make it safer, cleaner and easier for motorists to use.