A five-day closure of one of Leicester’s busiest roads is planned as part of work to complete a cycle lane scheme.
Highways engineers will close the inner ring road Tigers Way, between Welford Road and Regent Road both directions between 7am and 8pm from Monday (8 June).
Leicester City Council says diversions will be in place via Welford Road, University Road and Regent Road during the works.
The temporary closure to allow resurfacing work to be carried out as part of the Lancaster Road improvement scheme.
Why has that road been closed off by police?
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A £950,000 new two-way cycle lane from the junction of Victoria Park Road and Queens Road, across Victoria Park, along the full length of Lancaster Road and onto Nelson Mandela Park is being created
The new cycle track will link to the recently completed cycle lane on Welford Road.
As part of the work, significant improvements are being made to the existing crossing linking Lancaster Road to Nelson Mandela Park, where a new parallel crossing for pedestrians and cyclists is being created.
The Lancaster Road improvement scheme will support the city’s recently published Covid-19 Transport Recovery Plan, which sets out planned actions for the coming months to create space for social distancing and safe travelling throughout the city, ranging from pop-up cycling and walking schemes to bringing forward infrastructure projects.
It is backed by £950,000 of Government cash from the Transforming Cities Fund.
