Transport and streets

• Work complete on Lancaster Road improvement scheme

  13 August 2020

  2 minute read

  WORK to create a safer and more direct cycle between Leicester’s Clarendon Park area and the city centre is now complete.

• Three new speed-reduction schemes to be installed

  10 August 2020

  3 minute read

  THREE schemes to introduce new traffic calming measures or 20mph speed restrictions in residential streets are due to be installed this month.

• Reminder of weekend road closures at Welford Road University Road junction

  6 August 2020

  1 minute read

  MOTORISTS are being reminded of possible traffic disruption from a second weekend of improvement works at a busy Leicester junction this weekend as part of a major redevelopment scheme being carried out by the University of Leicester.

• Freebies and prizes on offer for Cycle To Work Day

  5 August 2020

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER people are being encouraged to take to their bikes on Thursday for Cycle To Work Day – with free coffee and prizes on offer for participants.

• Work to be carried out to stabilise historic canal bridge

  3 August 2020

  1 minute read

  A HISTORIC canal bridge in Aylestone is to undergo £40,000 worth of repair works to tackle cracks and wear and tear in its brickwork.

• Weekend road closures as part of latest phase of works at Freemen's Common site

  30 July 2020

  2 minute read

  THE latest stage of improvement works are due to take place at a busy Leicester junction this weekend as part of a major redevelopment scheme being carried out by the University of Leicester.

• Lane closure begins on Burleys Way in latest phase of bus station improvements

  29 July 2020

  1 minute read

  A MAJOR project to reduce bus journey times by creating a new exit from St Margaret’s Bus Station onto the city’s inner ring road has reached its latest stage.

• Parking enforcement to resume across the city from August 1

  29 July 2020

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council is due to resume parking enforcement activity from the start of August as the city prepares to emerge from lockdown.

• New ''tube map'' of Leicester’s cycle routes shows extent of city’s network

  27 July 2020

  3 minute read

  A NEW map has been produced showing Leicester’s pop-up cycle track network in the style of the classic London Underground map.

• Congestion-busting scheme complete on schedule

  21 July 2020

  3 minute read

  A £10.7m scheme to tackle congestion and improve road links between the county and the city has finished on schedule, despite the COVID-19 restrictions.

• Council to begin £230k road repair programme for residential streets

  15 July 2020

  1 minute read

  RESIDENTIAL streets in communities across Leicester are due to be repaired as part of a £230,000 investment by Leicester City Council.

• Road closures planned for major resurfacing of Belgrave Gate

  10 July 2020

  2 minute read

  A MAJOR programme of resurfacing is due to take place on Leicester’s Belgrave Gate later this month, as work on a £2million improvement scheme progresses.