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Good or bad depending on your view.

 

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/major-leicester-roads-lower-speed-8055905

 

The major Leicester roads where lower speed limits will be imposed this summer
New bus lanes and 'red routes' are also coming into force


ByHannah RichardsonLocal Democracy Reporter
04:00, 23 JAN 2023


A new 30mph speed limit has been approved for three key city roads. Drivers will have to adhere to the slower speeds in Blackbird Road, Abbey Lane and St Margaret’s Way as part of an attempt by Leicester City Council to manage traffic and make the route safer.

Currently, the roads have a 40mph limit. But a spokesperson for the city council has said the authority will not be putting cameras along the roads, adding speed enforcement is ultimately a matter for the police.

The new restrictions will start just north of the junction of Abbey Lane and Thurcaston Road and continue into St Margaret’s Way until the southern edge of the overpass over Friday Street. Blackbird Road will be covered between the junction with Abbey Lane and St Margaret’s way to the Bradgate Street junction.

 

The new limits are expected to come into force this summer after being approved by deputy city mayor for transport, Councillor Adam Clarke this week. The timing will coincide with new bus lanes and 'no stopping' orders also planned for the route.

That aspect of the road revamp will 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 number of lanes for general traffic will be reduced to just the one where they run alongside the new bus lanes.

The council will also be attaching a 'no stopping order' to the roads – commonly known as a red route – to prevent unauthorised parking, which it says can be a significant cause of congestion along the route. The authority is also improving pedestrian and cycling infrastructure along the A6, including widening footpaths to provide joint use and the improvement of existing crossing facilities.

The council said it has consulted on the proposals with councillors, emergency services and other interested parties and no objections were raised. It will cost the council £3,000 to advertise the changes and change the traffic signs along the road to 30pm. This will be paid through existing funds in the Connecting Leicester Transforming Cities Fund budget.

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LEICESTER PAST: Corner of Gray Street & Mill Lane, pre 1950s.
Alan Davie's memories... Looking at the old photos on here brings back memories of our childhood. I love to look at memory lane and see places long gone where we played in safety and innocence. Welford Road Rec, swimming in the cut. Chasing through the warren of yards and streets of the slums where we lived. Making shadow theaters in the entry, making tin winter warmers, down the Regal were kids left whipping their own arses as we became cowboys or Flash Gordon. A clout from the local copper and one from dad for being caught. Dragged from your bed as the sirens sounded and into Charlie Nicole’s and Dads shelter. 3p of chips and scratching from Martins Chip Shop (Coal Fired) corner Gray St Mill Lane. Waiting for the core of an apple your friend had. Through the LMS ghost tunnel to Strawberry Bank, or Marble Hill. Twenty or more kids with a bottle of water and a lard sandwich marching to Bradgate Park or Evington Air station to play in the crashed aircraft in the spinney, pinching ammunition and being rounded up like sheep with man on horse and his dogs. Collecting waste paper and old tires to sell with Nick Knock Plumb and gang. If we had been good Dad would let us watch Friday fight night out the front bedroom window as Paddy Ryan and others ended their nights drinking. My best mate Harold got Four years hard time for stealing a bike. First TV in the street. We could see it the small room was packed with locals. A sailor walking down Gray Street with a full hand of Bananas for me and my brother no one had seen these before. Fags under the counter. Poor but bloody good days. I wonder what today kids will have to remember.
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Oh my how so much has changed from this view of St Margaret's Bus Station, sometime in the early 1970s we think.
Some great details in this photo; the sign on the building to the right reads 'Henig & Sons Ltd. Hosiery & Underwear', some fantastic old cars on the road and the buildings behind the busses has a Cafe sign above the large door.
Did you used to get the bus from St Margaret's back when it looked like this?
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