WORK to improve road crossings at a busy road junction in Leicester is now complete.
The city Council has constructed a new signal-controlled pedestrian and cycle crossing, and an additional zebra crossing, at the junction of Blackbird Road and Parker Drive, in northwest Leicester.
Existing traffic signals have also been renewed.
The work, which cost £295,000, was paid for with Section 106 developer contributions linked to new housing at nearby Somerset Avenue.
Cllr Geoff Whittle, assistant city mayor for environment and transport, said: “This recent investment in highway improvements has provided new crossings in a busy residential area and helped further extend the network of safer routes for walkers, wheelers and cyclists in and around our neighbourhoods.”
The new signal-controlled pedestrian and cycle crossing is located on Blackbird Road, close to its junction with Parker Drive. A new parallel zebra crossing has also been installed on the left-turn slip road from Blackbird Road to Parker Drive.