Ongoing transport projects

Plans and proposals for projects which are part of the Connecting Leicester and Transforming Cities Fund programme.

A50/FiveWays junction works

Buckminster Road

The works on Buckminster Road are now complete. We are aware of the parking issues in the area and will likely be returning to carry out further works to assist with this in the near future. Tree planting won’t take place until the autumn but shrub planting and seeding works on the verges have been completed.

Stephenson Drive

Work here is now complete with the mini roundabout removed and a signalised junction installed.

Fosse Road North

The road reopened to traffic in both directions on 19 May 2023. There are still some works to complete at the FiveWays junction end before all three lanes of northbound traffic can be fully opened.

Groby Road

Work on Groby Road is now complete. The raised table crossing at Medina Road will be installed as part of the junction resurfacing. The existing bus stop at the FiveWays junction has also been relocated to the end of the bus lane just before Medina Road.

Blackbird Road

The contractors started work here on 13 June, slightly ahead of schedule and have been carrying out advance works in the central reservation and installing ducting across both sides of the carriageway. The civils work is due to be complete here by 20 August

Woodgate

Work started here slightly ahead of schedule on 26 July with civils work taking place on the kerbline and footway between Balfour Street and Marshall Street. The outbound route will be closed on Tuesday 8 August only between 7.30am and 3.30pm and then the inbound route will be closed from Thursday 10 August through to Friday 25 August. The diversion will be via Blackbird Road, Ravensbridge Drive and Abbey Gate. Further inbound closures will be in place over the coming months through to mid-November.

FiveWays junction resurfacing works

The temporary traffic signals will remain in place for a little while longer. The permanent banned turning movements have also been implemented. This means that motor vehicles are no longer able to turn left from Blackbird Road into Woodgate, or turn right from Woodgate into Blackbird Road/Buckminster Road, drivers should use Abbey Gate and Ravensbridge Drive instead.

The resurfacing of the junction has now been planned and will take place in phases from Thursday 24 August through to Friday 22 September. The works will consist of two phases for each area, one for planning out of the old surface and laying a new binder (base) course and one for laying the new surface course and road markings etc. There will be a series of short duration off-peak daytime road closures to accommodate these works and diversions will be in place as per the attached plans below.

Fiveways planning/under course dates and road closures

• Thursday 24 and Friday 25 August (10.30am-11pm each day). Blackbird Road closed to southbound traffic, Bradgate Street to Fiveways

• Tuesday 29 August (10.30am-11pm each day). Blackbird Road, closed to northbound traffic between Fiveways and Bradgate Street

• Wednesday 30 and Thursday 31 August (10.30am-11pm each day). Woodgate closed both ways between Fiveways and Marshall Street

• Friday 1 September (10.30am-11pm). Groby Road, closed to eastbound traffic between Medina Road and Fiveways

• Monday 4 September (10.30am-11pm). Eastbound route through Fiveways junction, closed to traffic

• Tuesday 5 September (7.30am-3.30pm). Groby Road, closed to westbound traffic between Fiveways and Medina Road

• Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 September (7.30am-3.30pm). Westbound route through Fiveways junction, closed to traffic

FiveWays resurfacing/line marking dates and road closures

• Friday 8 and Monday 11 September (10.30am-11pm each day). Blackbird Road, closed to northbound traffic between Fiveways and Bradgate Street

• Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 September (10.30am-11pm each day). Blackbird Road closed to southbound traffic, Bradgate Street to Fiveways

• Thursday 14 September (10.30am-11pm). Woodgate closed both ways between Fiveways and Marshall Street

• Friday 15 September (10.30am-11pm). Groby Road, closed to eastbound traffic between Medina Road and Fiveways

• Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 September (10.30am-11pm). Eastbound route through Fiveways junction, closed to traffic

• Wednesday 20 September (7.30am-3.30pm). Groby Road, closed to westbound traffic between Fiveways and Medina Road

• Thursday 21 and Friday 22 September (7.30am-3.30pm). Westbound route through Fiveways junction, closed to traffic

Download road diversion maps (PDFs)

• Diversion map 1
• Diversion map 2
• Diversion map 3
• Diversion map 4
• Diversion map 5
• Diversion map 6
• Diversion map 7

Details of future phases of work will be publicised nearer the time.

A6 Improvements

As part of a major programme of works across the city to help encourage more people to make the shift to sustainable transport, a range of improvements are proposed for the A6 covering St Margaret’s Way and Abbey Lane. The plans would see the introduction of new bus lanes, running in both directions, between Sanvey Gate and Wolsey Street, between Byford Road and Beaumont Leys Lane and between Corporation Road and Thurcaston Road. The existing inbound bus lane between Redhill Circle and Thurcaston Road will be retained.

The scheme has been designed so the new bus lanes will not adversely affect the general flow of traffic and includes plans to introduce a ‘No Stopping Order’ – commonly known as a red route. A new 30mph speed limit would be introduced between Thurcaston Road and the city centre to help manage traffic and make the route safer.  

Provision for loading will be provided where needed to ensure that businesses are not affected.

The proposed scheme would also see improvements made to the busy junction of Corporation Road, Beaumont Leys Lane and the A6, with safer pedestrian and cycle crossings introduced.  New cycle lanes will be created on Beaumont Leys Lane linking to improvements already underway in that neighbourhood

The planned works will complement improvements recently completed at the Ravensbridge Drive junction and along a section of the A6 between Abbey Park Road and Exploration Drive.  

Saffron Lane

Work has started on major improvements to Leicester’s busy Saffron Lane to help encourage more people to travel sustainably across the city. The scheme includes revamping footpaths and creating new off-road cycle paths on both sides of the busy road, between Hawkins Road and the new junction with Putney Road as well as a new two-way cycle way between Hawkins Road and Knighton Lane East, on the same side as the leisure centre.

A new 3-metre-wide cycle lane which runs across Aylestone Recreation Ground, alongside the existing tree-lined footpath through the park has also been created as part of the scheme.

Belvoir Street

Continuing the Connecting Leicester project work around the city, improvement work began on Belvoir Street in May 2023.

The work will see the existing footway surfacing replaced with high quality block paving to match other nearby city centre streets, such as Pocklingtons Walk and Horsefair Street.

The work is expected to take up to seven months to complete and is being carried out in phases to help minimise disruption. Belvoir Street is closed to all traffic (except deliveries) between its junctions with Granby Street and Bowling Green Street for the duration of the works. A short, well-signed diversion is in place. Pedestrian access will also be maintained.