Streets + Spaces News
22/08/2008 - Belvoir Street re-opens to traffic on Monday (25th)
Belvoir Street will re-open to traffic on Monday (25th) following the completion of improvement works.
From 1st September 2008, there will be a number of changes to bus stop locations in the city centre.
11/12/2007 - Seamstress unveiled
THE LEICESTER Seamstress has returned to her rightful place on Hotel Street – on a new plinth and in a newly paved space.
28/06/07 - Charles Street re-opens to traffic
MAJOR reconstruction work on Leicester’s Charles Street has now been completed. The road fully re-opens on Sunday (July 1), after an extensive 11-month programme of improvement works.
18/06/07 - Finishing Market Street
THE FINISHING touches are now being made to Leicester’s Market Street as its £750,000 refurbishment nears completion.
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THE TRANSFORMATION of Leicester’s High Street from a busy bus corridor into an attractive pedestrianised route gets under way on Monday (18th).
From Sunday 17th June, High Street bus stop locations will change due to ongoing improvement works.
20/03/2007 - New home for statue
THE LEICESTER Seamstress will be temporarily moved from her site on Hotel Street tomorrow (21st), as the refurbishment of Leicester city centre gathers pace.
22/02/2007 - Street designs revealed
PROPOSALS for the next stage of Leicester city centre’s transformation are to go on display next week (w/c February 26th).
05/01/07 - Work resumes in city centre
WORK on Leicester’s £19 million street improvement scheme will resume on Monday (8th), as the Christmas moratorium comes to an end.
14/11/06 - £1.1 million scheme completed
THE LAST granite paving slab is to be laid on Gallowtree Gate this week, as the street’s £1.1 million refurbishment nears completion.