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• 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.

• Latest heritage information panels take their places in the city

  11 January 2022

  2 minute read

  A SERIES of 10 new heritage panels have been installed to tell the stories behind key historic and cultural sites across the city.

• 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.

• Changes to be made to city’s recycling banks as public use drops

  7 January 2022

  2 minute read

  WORK to streamline and modernise Leicester’s network of recycling bank sites will get underway next month.

• £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.

• Latest stage of Narborough Road street scene improvements to begin

  5 January 2022

  1 minute read

  THE next phase of a rolling programme to repair and improve pavements, street furniture and bollards along Narborough Road is due to get underway this weekend.

• New all-weather cricket net ready for January opening

  23 December 2021

  1 minute read

  A BRAND new facility for those who love to play cricket will open in Belgrave in January.

• Have your say on priorities for improving city’s health and care services

  22 December 2021

  1 minute read

  PEOPLE in Leicester are being asked if health and care organisations in the city have got their priorities right for improving people’s health over the coming years.

• Morris Homes agreed as development partner for latest phase at Ashton Green

  17 December 2021

  2 minute read

  A HOUSING developer has been appointed to deliver the next phase of building at a landmark regeneration site in the north of Leicester.

• 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.

• Pocket park reopens for local people to enjoy

  16 December 2021

  1 minute read

  A POCKET park in a city neighbourhood has been tidied up and reopened in response to local residents.