Major road closures set for Leicester city centre
A major junction on a key route in and out of Leicester is set to close during the October half term holidays for resurfacing work.
Work has been ongoing at the junctions of Ravensbridge Drive, Anstey Lane and Blackbird Road as part of an improvement scheme which has seen the junctions upgraded, the road layout reconfigured and additional lanes added.
In order to carry out the final resurfacing across the scheme, the junction will be closed to traffic between Saturday, October 12, and Monday, October 21, in two phases.
From 6am on Saturday, October 12, to 6am on Monday, October 21, Anstey Lane will be closed inbound from the Krefeld Way roundabout. This will reduce the number of vehicles using Anstey Lane and having to be diverted along residential roads.
During the same road closure, Severn Trent Water will be working on Anstey Lane during the Saturday and Sunday only, to carry out repair work to a major underground water main.
Anstey Lane will be closed to all traffic in both directions between Colwell Road and Blackbird Road during the same period for the resurfacing work to be carried out.
Ravensbridge Drive will also be closed in both directions from the Naz Motors garage to its junction with Blackbird Road. Business and residents on Ravensbridge Drive will still be able to get access from Abbey Gate and St Margaret’s Way. Traffic marshals will be on duty around the clock to ensure access.
With the city’s Diwali celebrations taking place on Belgrave Road on Sunday, October 13, Blackbird Road itself will continue to have one lane open in each direction to assist with the flow of traffic until midnight.
However, it will then close in both directions between Buckminster Road and Devonshire Road for the remainder of the duration of the resurfacing works, reopening along with all the other affected roads by 6am on Monday, October 21.
Marshals will once again be in place to help businesses and residents gain access.
Electronic notices are already in place and diversion signs will be put out advising drivers of the works.
Contractors from Tarmac, who are carrying out the scheme, will be working from 6am to 10pm each day.
