MOTORISTS and bus users are being advised that part of a main city centre route will be closed for maintenance and improvement work from this weekend.
Leicester City Council will be carrying out highway works at the junction of Halford Street, Granby Street and Gallowtree Gate, from Saturday 5 April.
General repairs and maintenance will be carried out to the road surface at the junction and new dropped kerb crossings will be created in the existing disabled parking by on Halford Street to improve accessibility. Block paving will also be reinstated at the Granby Street end of Gallowtree Gate where new automatic bollards have been installed.
The work – which is expected to take up to three weeks to complete – will require road closures to be in place on Halford Street, between its junctions with Granby Steet and Free Lane, and along a short stretch of Granby Street, up to Bishop Street.
A well-signposted diversion will be in place via Belvoir Street, Welford Place, Welford Road, Carlton Street, Oxford Street, Southgates, St Nicholas Circle, St Nicholas Place, High Street and East Gates.
Some bus services will also be diverted.
Pedestrian access will be maintained and businesses will remain open as normal during the works.
Marshalls will also be on site to assist with access for deliveries to affected businesses.
Martin Fletcher, Leicester City Council director of highways, said: “This is an important scheme that will allow us to improve disabled access, carry out maintenance to the road surface and complete work on the installation of new bollards all under one road closure.
“Unfortunately, this will mean some disruption to motorists and bus services, but a well signposted diversion will be in place, and we’ll be working to complete the works as quickly as possible.”
The work is expected to cost £30,000 and will be funded through the council’s transport improvement works fund.