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Is the City of Leicester a dump?

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2 minutes ago, boots60 said:

Anyone remember when the Orange tree was the Haunch of Venison. Proper old townie pub famed for some very dodgy strippers on a Sunday?

 

 

Had the particulars for it…. A mate and I considered taking it on before the orange tree lot did…. Was only a pipe dream really as I was really long and couldn’t have afforded to do too much with it!

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1 hour ago, boots60 said:

Anyone remember when the Orange tree was the Haunch of Venison. Proper old townie pub famed for some very dodgy strippers on a Sunday?

 

 

Yes,the type of place you wiped your shoes on the way out.....but in a good way,not many of that type of pub around now.

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18 minutes ago, davieG said:

Fosse Park displays plans for multi-million pound food court

Fosse Park is set to become the biggest retail park in the country

 

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/fosse-park-displays-plans-multi-2987439

From the article.

 

"The new dining hub, featuring 14 food and drink outlets, is due to open in late 2020, along with the £150 expansion project, Fosse Park West."

 

£150 won't be a huge extension surely?

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1 hour ago, Facecloth said:

From the article.

 

"The new dining hub, featuring 14 food and drink outlets, is due to open in late 2020, along with the £150 expansion project, Fosse Park West."

 

£150 won't be a huge extension surely?

You can get a decent sized shed for that.

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Love em or hate em there's more to come.

 

Plans for cycle lanes along 3 more main roads unveiled by Leicester City Council
Government cash is available for the work


ByDan MartinPolitics Reporter
06:35, 20 JUN 2019UPDATED09:09, 20 JUN 2019

Council bosses have revealed plans to run cycle lanes along three more main roads in Leicester.

Officials have begun to create a network of segregated and protected cycle routes across the city and have secured Government cash to carry out future work.

Some motorists have condemned the council for taking road space away from cars, lorries and vans and giving it over to cyclists, but the council says it believes its approach will help cut the congestion affecting many of the major routes in and out of the city.

Deputy city mayor Councillor Adam Clarke said in a recent meeting that cycle lanes had already been installed in Newarke Street, Welford Road and Belgrave Gate.

He pointed to work already under way to provide £3.9 million of cycle lanes along the A6 London Road and a recently announced project to connect Victoria Park to the city centre via Lancaster Road.

He went on to outline a planned bike lane along the A594 inner ring road at St Matthew’s Way as part of work to improve air quality in the area.

The councillor added that future work would also create further segregated cycle lanes in Belgrave Gate North, and Abbey Park Road.

“Our strategy is to create a comprehensive network of joined-up routes across the city as funding becomes available," he said.

“We want high quality, safe and segregated cycleways.”

Coun Clarke said a successful bid for Government cash from its Transforming Cities fund would pay for the work.


Latest from Sir Peter Soulsby
He told LeicestershireLive: “At the moment, we have identified the routes we want to improve.

“There are no detailed plans yet, but we will be moving forward with them pretty quickly as the funding is available for this year.”

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19 minutes ago, davieG said:

Love em or hate em there's more to come.

 

Plans for cycle lanes along 3 more main roads unveiled by Leicester City Council
Government cash is available for the work


ByDan MartinPolitics Reporter
06:35, 20 JUN 2019UPDATED09:09, 20 JUN 2019

Council bosses have revealed plans to run cycle lanes along three more main roads in Leicester.

Officials have begun to create a network of segregated and protected cycle routes across the city and have secured Government cash to carry out future work.

Some motorists have condemned the council for taking road space away from cars, lorries and vans and giving it over to cyclists, but the council says it believes its approach will help cut the congestion affecting many of the major routes in and out of the city.

Deputy city mayor Councillor Adam Clarke said in a recent meeting that cycle lanes had already been installed in Newarke Street, Welford Road and Belgrave Gate.

He pointed to work already under way to provide £3.9 million of cycle lanes along the A6 London Road and a recently announced project to connect Victoria Park to the city centre via Lancaster Road.

He went on to outline a planned bike lane along the A594 inner ring road at St Matthew’s Way as part of work to improve air quality in the area.

The councillor added that future work would also create further segregated cycle lanes in Belgrave Gate North, and Abbey Park Road.

“Our strategy is to create a comprehensive network of joined-up routes across the city as funding becomes available," he said.

“We want high quality, safe and segregated cycleways.”

Coun Clarke said a successful bid for Government cash from its Transforming Cities fund would pay for the work.


Latest from Sir Peter Soulsby
He told LeicestershireLive: “At the moment, we have identified the routes we want to improve.

“There are no detailed plans yet, but we will be moving forward with them pretty quickly as the funding is available for this year.”

The problem for me is, cycle lanes and other traffic obstructing measures, such as central bollards, compress traffic into less space giving drivers nowhere to go when we're trying to get through on blue lights. It's frustrating for us and anxiety inducing for drivers when they are unable to move over.

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1 hour ago, Parafox said:

The problem for me is, cycle lanes and other traffic obstructing measures, such as central bollards, compress traffic into less space giving drivers nowhere to go when we're trying to get through on blue lights. It's frustrating for us and anxiety inducing for drivers when they are unable to move over.

Some guy recently picked up a big fine for going through a red light to allow an ambulance through even though he just went through and across enough to make a gap. 

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It's a lot easier to do with a blank canvas like Milton Keynes, but they have a greenway stretching over most of the city where you can get to practically anywhere on foot/bike safely and away from traffic. The problem is it's so much more difficult to implement in older cities, London for example is dreadfully designed and has reached the stage where it's practically impossible to rectify. I don't think it's worth disputing that cycle lanes and paths aren't important, because they just are, but it's so difficult to manage them and motor traffic together in certain areas. 

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8 hours ago, davieG said:

Some guy recently picked up a big fine for going through a red light to allow an ambulance through even though he just went through and across enough to make a gap. 

Bus lane cameras should be able to pick out when a vehicle is giving way to ambulance/police/fire and the fine should be challenged.

We are aware of the bus lanes/red light cameras and we've had to change our emergency driving tutoring to take account of this. If we're in traffic that can't move over a red light we turn off the sirens but keep the blues on and wait until the lights change to green and then, hopefully, people will move over once they can move ahead. The problem with that is that it confuses other drivers who have rightly been taught to give way to emergency vehicles and many start beeping their horns thinking that they absolutely have to move out of our way. Having to wait for lights to change is very frustrating when you're on the way to a cardiac arrest and to be frank, increases our stress levels. 

When the council make these alterations to the road layout, they don't consult with the emergency services. Walnut Street used to be a main route to A&E and without consulting us, the council installed speed humps which resulted in us having to slow down and also caused additional discomfort to our patients that were already in pain.

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Further to the above, until recently we were banned from using bus lanes in an emergency even though they were empty and we were having to "force" cars to move into them in order to let us pass. EMAS appealed to the council and we now have an exemption. Baffles me why we weren't given an exemption in the first place.

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10 hours ago, davieG said:

Love em or hate em there's more to come.

 

Plans for cycle lanes along 3 more main roads unveiled by Leicester City Council
Government cash is available for the work


ByDan MartinPolitics Reporter
06:35, 20 JUN 2019UPDATED09:09, 20 JUN 2019

Council bosses have revealed plans to run cycle lanes along three more main roads in Leicester.

Officials have begun to create a network of segregated and protected cycle routes across the city and have secured Government cash to carry out future work.

Some motorists have condemned the council for taking road space away from cars, lorries and vans and giving it over to cyclists, but the council says it believes its approach will help cut the congestion affecting many of the major routes in and out of the city.

Deputy city mayor Councillor Adam Clarke said in a recent meeting that cycle lanes had already been installed in Newarke Street, Welford Road and Belgrave Gate.

He pointed to work already under way to provide £3.9 million of cycle lanes along the A6 London Road and a recently announced project to connect Victoria Park to the city centre via Lancaster Road.

He went on to outline a planned bike lane along the A594 inner ring road at St Matthew’s Way as part of work to improve air quality in the area.

The councillor added that future work would also create further segregated cycle lanes in Belgrave Gate North, and Abbey Park Road.

“Our strategy is to create a comprehensive network of joined-up routes across the city as funding becomes available," he said.

“We want high quality, safe and segregated cycleways.”

Coun Clarke said a successful bid for Government cash from its Transforming Cities fund would pay for the work.


Latest from Sir Peter Soulsby
He told LeicestershireLive: “At the moment, we have identified the routes we want to improve.

“There are no detailed plans yet, but we will be moving forward with them pretty quickly as the funding is available for this year.”

More the better for me.

 

I'm the furthest thing from.a.militant cyclist you can get...I wouldn't dream of riding on a even moderately busy road. 

 

But increased cycle lanes that are safe and segregated would bring occasional cyclers like me out of their shells.

 

Im limited to a set route from Glenfield county hall , past Gilroes on a cycle lane through to Rally Park and then along river towards City Centre and onwards to City and Aylestone if I want. If more routes connected, I would use them.

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