Driver warning as four Leicester streets scheduled to close for repairs

Drivers are being warned of a series of road closures in neighbourhood streets. Leicester City Council is due to carry out resurfacing work in four areas of the city and has said the streets will be off-limits to traffic while this takes place.

The work will begin next week and the council estimates around three weeks of disruption. They said they are targeting roads with surfaces which have “become pitted, cracked or broken over time, due to wear and tear caused by traffic and the effects of winter weather”.

The highways team will begin in Elizabeth Street, in North Evington, on Monday, July 1. The whole street needs resurfacing and is expected to be closed for up to five days. This will cost around £97,000.

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Next up is Kent Street, between Humberstone Road and Upper Charnwood Street. Overnight closures are planned here, lasting six nights from Monday, July 8. This will cost around £110,000.

Works on Saffron Lane will follow. The road will be shut to traffic between The Fairway and Fayrhurst Road from Sunday, July 14. The work is set to take five days at a cost of around £127,000.

Finally, Gleneagles Avenue, in Rushey Mead, will be off-limits to drivers between Kincraig Road and Braemer Drive. The resurfacing will commence on Friday, July 19, and is expected to be completed within three days. This will cost the council £46,000.

The local authority said: “All four schemes will require road closures in both directions, with parking restrictions and localised diversions in place. In total, they will represent repairs to almost 10,000 square metres of the city’s road network.”

The work is to be funded from the council’s annual highways maintenance budget. Some £3.26 million has been set aside for such projects this financial year.

Leicester City Council’s director of highways, Martin Fletcher, said: “Traffic and weather have a huge impact on the city’s road surfaces. Our ongoing programme of maintenance and repairs will help to ensure that our roads remain able to handle the demands that are placed on them for years to come.

“We always aim to keep disruption to a minimum while works are carried out, and thank people for their patience and understanding while we do so.”