Transport and streets

• Work to begin on Granby Street gateway revamp

  11 January 2022

  2 minute read

  A BUSY shopping street and main gateway between Leicester city centre and the railway station is set for a revamp, with work due to begin later this week.

• Pop-up ‘mini-Holland’ could be made permanent as part of £1.5m Braunstone Gate improvement scheme

  11 January 2022

  3 minute read

  A POP-UP scheme introduced to create more space for pedestrians and cyclists on a busy Leicester shopping street could be made permanent.

• Improvement work to begin at busy city road junction

  7 January 2022

  2 minute read

  TRAFFIC restrictions will be in place at a junction on a busy main road in Leicester from next week as part of a major highway improvement programme.

• £5million to be invested in improving two city estates

  6 January 2022

  2 minute read

  IMPROVEMENTS to public spaces in two Leicester neighbourhoods will be carried out thanks to a £5million investment over the next three years.

• Consultation launched on proposed Workplace Parking Levy

  16 December 2021

  4 minute read

  PEOPLE are being asked to give their views in a public consultation over a proposed Workplace Parking Levy (WPL) which could help fund a radical overhaul and long-term modernisation of the city’s public transport, cycling and walking networks.

• Plans outlined for major improvement scheme on Saffron Lane

  15 December 2021

  2 minute read

  IMPROVEMENTS are planned for Leicester’s busy Saffron Lane as part of a major Government-backed programme of investment in sustainable travel across the city.

• New 20mph zone in streets at Ashton Green

  13 December 2021

  1 minute read

  SPEED restrictions are due to be introduced in a number of residential streets around a city school.

• Proposals to make schools’ pedestrian safety measures permanent

  9 December 2021

  2 minute read

  TRAFFIC measures put in place to improve pedestrian safety on roads outside eight Leicester schools could be made permanent.

• Leicester Park and Ride running extra services throughout December

  30 November 2021

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER Park & Ride is running extra services throughout December – which means shoppers can catch a Park & Ride bus into the city centre every day in December except Christmas Day.

• Public art commission celebrates city’s links with the fox

  30 November 2021

  2 minute read

  THE FOX is to be celebrated in a series of life-size sculptures that will be installed at three sites across the city centre.

• Welford Road £3m improvement scheme completed

  25 November 2021

  1 minute read

  AN extensive road scheme to improve one of the key routes in and out of the city has been completed.

• Improvement work planned for popular walking and cycling route

  23 November 2021

  1 minute read

  Improvements to a popular walking and cycling route will be carried out next week.