Transport and streets

• Gritting teams keep the traffic moving on city’s road network

  29 December 2020

  1 minute read

  LORRIES from Leicester City Council’s gritting teams are taking to the city's roads again tonight as sub-zero temperatures and snow affect the area.

• Traffic scheme will tackle commuter parking

  1 December 2020

  2 minute read

  A new experimental scheme is due to be brought in to address the problem of commuter parking in Clarendon Park.

• Additional neighbourhood parking spaces to get underway

  18 November 2020

  2 minute read

  Work is due to begin this month on the latest schemes to create much-needed additional parking spaces in neighbourhoods across the city.

• More than £1m for Leicester to help boost active travel and make neighbourhood streets safer

  13 November 2020

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council will be getting more than £1m to help boost active travel - such as walking and cycling – and to make residential streets quieter and safer.

• New slip road completed at St Margaret’s Bus Station

  12 November 2020

  2 minute read

  A PROJECT to improve bus journey times by creating a new slip road from St Margaret’s Bus Station to the city’s inner ring road has been completed.

• Ride On announced as partner in Leicester’s new e-bike scheme

  4 November 2020

  5 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council has announced specialist e-bike hire provider Ride On as its partner in the city’s forthcoming e-bike share scheme.

• Latest phase of road resurfacing works to get underway

  28 October 2020

  1 minute read

  A £380,000 programme of road repairs and resurfacing work on streets across Leicester is beginning this week.

• Work to begin on £4million revamp of city centre streets

  28 October 2020

  2 minute read

  WORK is due to begin on a major £4million revamp of three busy city centre streets from early next month.

• Leicester’s bus shelters to go green as part of new partnership

  28 October 2020

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER’S bus shelters are set for a major eco-friendly revamp as part of the city’s ambitious plans to be carbon neutral by 2030.

• New link road to open in Leicester on Sunday (18th)

  16 October 2020

  2 minute read

  A NEW road that will improve bus journey times out of Leicester city centre will open for the first time on Sunday (18 October).

• Work begins on £10m highways scheme for new housing at Ashton Green

  16 October 2020

  1 minute read

  WORK has started on a major £10million highway infrastructure scheme designed to unlock further development land at Leicester City Council’s Ashton Green housing site.

• More children walking to school as Clean Air Day approaches

  7 October 2020

  3 minute read

  MORE children are improving their health and contributing towards better air quality by walking to school, according to latest figures from the city council.