Aim
To improve movement and accessibility in and out of Leicester to enable future developments
The Headlines
- Investment: £16.2m
- Project Sponsors: Leicester City Council and Leicestershire County Council
- Start date: July 2015
- Status: Complete
“This is a major investment and should ease congestion and help to reduce delays for people in the county. It will also aim to improve air quality by encouraging more people to walk and cycle. This is another great example of delivering infrastructure to support residents and businesses.”
– Councillor Trevor Pendleton, cabinet member for highways and transport
The Leicester North West Major Transport project is a multi-million-pound improvement scheme designed to meet Leicester and Leicestershire’s future transport needs.
The scheme covers an area broadly bounded by the A50 (Groby Road), A6 (Loughborough Road) and A46 (Western bypass) and helps ensure that roads and major junctions on these key routes in the north west of the city will have the capacity for predicted housing growth over the coming decades.
Better use of the A50 and A6 corridors to access the Principal Urban Area will mitigate the impact of growth elsewhere in the area. The completed road network will reduce congestion into Leicester and assist the efficient operation of local businesses. Without this intervention congestion will continue to increase and become a severe barrier to our local economy.
This project will support the development of over 2,000 homes and potentially 75,000sqm of commercial workspace. It will provide improved footpaths and cycleways leading to long-term health benefits for residents and provide benefits to business due to improved accessibility.
Project Outcomes
- New or resurfaced roads – 6.9km
- New or improved cycleways – 7.6km
- New or improved footways – 2.6km
- Pedestrian crossing facilities – 61
- Reduction in accident rates.