Wigston, A5199 Leicester Road
Casualty Reduction & Traffic Signal Scheme

To view a drawing showing the results of initial vehicle speed monitoring:
- The north section of the A5199 Leicester Road (City Boundary to Grangeway Road) (pdf doc, 360kb)

- The south section (Grangeway Road to south of Highfield Drive) (pdf doc, 380kb)

Latest Update September 2006

The scheme is now substantially complete, the traffic signals are operational and monitoring of the scheme is being undertaken.
Some minor work near the City Council boundary which was not included in the construction because of a potential clash with Severn Trent Water roadworks will be undertaken at a later date.

Latest Update March 2006

Construction of the scheme started on 22nd February 2006 and is expected to be complete by mid May 2006. The opportunity has also been taken to combine the scheme with scheduled resurfacing work.

Latest Update February 2006

All comments received from the public consultation have been carefully considered by the local County Councillor and Lead Member for Highways and a modified scheme has now been approved for construction.
Further news on the development of this scheme will follow shortly.
Plan of the approved scheme (pdf doc, 150kb)
The use of this plan is limited to viewing on-line and printing one copy only.

Background

Following an in-depth accident study along the route, a casualty reduction scheme is now proposed. There have been several reported personal injury accidents on the route in recent years most of which have involved inappropriate vehicle speed. The proposed scheme is designed to reduce vehicle speeds and address the dominant accident types recorded in the accident study. In conjunction with transport objectives supported through the Local Transport Plan, the opportunity is also being taken to improve facilties for all road users particularly pedestrians and cyclists.

The scheme includes a package of measures to improve road safety and includes the reduction of southbound carriageway lanes to one, which would allow the provision of:

The other major part of these proposals are:

As a consequence of these proposals it may be necessary to introduce some lengths of double yellow lines to keep the area around the side road junctions and proposed traffic signals clear of parked vehicles.

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The Scheme has been designed to:

A public exhibition showing the proposals was held at the Leicester Stage Hotel on 12th July 2005. In addition a leaflet drop, posters and newspaper adverts and editorial were used to publicise the scheme proposals.

The exhibition was very well attended with an estimated 350 people through the doors. Somewhere in the region of 160 responses were received from the general public as a consequence of the consultation.

The formal consultation period ended on 29th July 2005.

Staff from Leicestershire County Council are currently investigating all issues raised as a result. The outcome of these investigations will be included in a report to County Councillors in due course, who will then decide how the scheme should progress.

The final outcome of the consultations will be posted on the website, together with the proposed construction start date and duration of works, if approved.

If you wish to discuss these proposals please contact