Transport and streets

• Leicester Bus Services Improvement Plan announced

  1 November 2021

  4 minute read

  AMBITIOUS plans have been announced to vastly improve bus services, vehicles and routes across Leicester as part of a 10-year project involving the city council and local bus operators.

• Improvement work at busy city junction

  29 October 2021

  1 minute read

  TRAFFIC restrictions will be in place at a busy junction for up to four weeks as part of an ongoing programme of road improvements.

• Leicester’s electric bus fleet to top 100 within three years thanks to new funding

  29 October 2021

  4 minute read

  LEICESTER is set to increase its fleet of zero emission, all-electric buses with almost 100 new vehicles over the next three years, it has been announced.

• Leicester Half Marathon to take to city’s streets once again

  28 October 2021

  3 minute read

  RUNNERS will be taking to the city’s streets this weekend with the return of the Leicester Half Marathon.

• Return of the bricks marks milestone in major revamp of city centre street

  27 October 2021

  2 minute read

  A MAJOR revamp of an important shopping street in Leicester city centre has reached a milestone, with the reinstatement of over 200 commemorative bricks.

• Motorists reminded of traffic changes due to Diwali celebrations

  20 October 2021

  3 minute read

  VISITORS to this weekend’s Diwali lights switch-on in Belgrave are being encouraged to walk, cycle or use public transport instead of driving to attend the world-famous festivities.

• Aylestone Park residents to have say on options to address parking problems

  20 October 2021

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE living in the Aylestone Park area of Leicester are being asked for their views on a range of proposed measures to address problems with parking in residential streets.

• Major improvements planned to revamp St George Street

  13 October 2021

  2 minute read

  MAJOR street improvements are planned to revitalise a forgotten link between Leicester’s Cultural Quarter and an important gateway into the city centre.

• Road repairs to take place over half-term holidays

  7 October 2021

  2 minute read

  RESURFACING work will take place in two major arterial roads in the city during the forthcoming October half-term holidays.

• Highways apprentices on road to success

  6 October 2021

  3 minute read

  FIVE trainees in the city council’s highways team have successfully completed their Level 2 Apprenticeship qualifications in highways maintenance.

• Experimental parking scheme in Clarendon Park to be extended

  30 September 2021

  2 minute read

  AN experimental traffic scheme to tackle commuter parking in a Leicester neighbourhood is now being extended to cover more streets.

• Overnight road closures ahead as part of regeneration of St Margaret’s Bus Station

  28 September 2021

  2 minute read

  PART of Leicester’s busy inner ring road will be subject to overnight closures for up to ten days from next week for essential resurfacing works.