WORK is set to begin on a second phase of improvements to a busy road in Leicester’s Braunstone Gate area.
The city council is to complete improvement work on Duns Lane, to create new cycle tracks and improve footpaths along the full length of the road.
Roadworks will start from Sunday 7 September, and will require Duns Lane to be restricted to one-way traffic, from Braunstone Gate to St Augustine Road. Well signposted diversions will be in place.
Work is expected to take around up to three months to complete. This includes a planned break in the roadworks, of up to five weeks, while heavy construction work is carried out on an adjacent office development.
Businesses, including the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Leisure Centre, will remain open as normal during the roadworks.
It follows a first phase of work carried out earlier this year, which saw a new cycle path created and footpaths improved on the opposite side of the road.
Full resurfacing of the main carriageway of Duns Lane, including its junction with New Park Street and Western Boulevard, is also planned. Full details, including any road closures, will be publicised nearer the time.
Cllr Geoff Whittle, assistant city mayor for environment and transport, said: “This important scheme will help provide a much-improved route for people on foot, on bikes or using wheelchairs or other mobility aids, and extend the network of people-friendly routes in and around Braunstone Gate and De Montfort University.
“It’s a further example of our commitment to deliver schemes that help make walking, wheeling and cycling the preferred choice for everyday trips for most people, expanding the network of safe and attractive routes into our local neighbourhoods.”
The Duns Lane improvements scheme will cost around £600,000 and will be funded as part of the Connecting Leicester programme which is supported by the Department for Transport’s Transforming Cities Fund.