City drivers face series of road closures from today
RESURFACING AND REPAIR WORK INCLUDES NINE DAYS OF DISRUPTION IN QUEENS ROAD
A SERIES of road closures will be hitting Leicester from this weekend.
The city council has said it is timing resurfacing and repair work to coincide with the summer holidays in an effort to minimise disruption.
The work, which will cost more than £500,000, will involve a series of road closures. Diversions will be in place.
While most of the closures will last for one or two days, work on Queens Road and Uppingham Road will involve longer closures.
The affected roads are as follows: Braunstone Avenue roundabout, in Gooding Avenue, will be closed to traffic today and tomorrow for resurfacing work. A further one-day closure will follow on Sunday, July 10 to finish off work on drain covers and inspection hatches.
Neptune Close, in Wycliffe ward, will be closed on Monday, July 4, for resurfacing work.
Bellflower Road, from Jasmine Close to Sandhills Avenue, in Humberstone and Hamilton ward, will be closed for roadworks on Tuesday, July 5.
The length of Faldo Close, in Troon ward, will be closed for resurfacing on Tuesday and Wednesday.
High Street, in Evington, will be closed on Wednesday and Tursday for resurfacing and repairs.
Medina Road, in Fosse ward, will be closed on Thursday and Friday for resurfacing and repairs.
Queens Road, in the Knighton/Castle wards, will be resurfaced between its junction with Clarendon Park Road and Knighton Road from today. The road will be closed and parking suspended for 13 days. The council has said the important bus and cycling route is in a very poor state.
Uppingham Road, in North Evington, will be closed for nine days between Forest Road and Sulgrave Road from Saturday, July 23. Parking will be suspended between Forest Road and Overton Road for four days from July 23. Then a one-way closure will allow inbound travel only between Overton Road and Sulgrave Road for five days.
Deputy city mayor for environment and transportation, Councillor Adam Clarke, said: “This work is part of our ongoing investment in keeping roads across the city in good shape.
“Daily wear and tear from vehicles mean our roads regularly need to be repaired like this, and doing as much of the work as possible during holiday times means the disruption will be reduced.”