TRAFFIC restrictions will be in place on Leicester’s St Barnabas Road from this weekend, while crossing and footpath improvement works take place.
Leicester City Council will be repairing and improving paving on part of the road, and creating new footpath build-outs to provide a safer crossing point close to St Barnabas Primary School.
The works are expected to take around four weeks to complete and will require traffic restrictions to be in place.
Over the coming weekend – Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 July – St Barnabas Road will be closed to all traffic between its junctions with Uppingham Road and French Road, while drainage works are carried out. Well-signposted diversions will be in place. Pedestrian access and vehicle access to properties in the area will be maintained.
Then, from Monday 28 July, the road will be one-way only, towards Uppingham Road, until late-August. A short well-signposted diversion will be in place.
The new footpath build-outs will be created on both sides of the road at the point where the school crossing patrol operates. The improvements will reduce the width of the crossing, prevent vehicles from parking and help reduce traffic speed making it safer for people to cross at all times of day.
The scheme will cost around £100,000 and is part of a rolling programme of pedestrian crossing improvements across the city.
Cllr Geoff Whittle, assistant city mayor for environment and transport, said: “This is part of an ongoing programme of work in neighbourhoods across the city, where people have raised concerns, input ideas or highlighted possible areas for improvement.
“By working with local communities in this way, we are able to invest in highways schemes that make a real difference to the daily lives of residents.”