Leicester City - Multiple Road Traffic Notices

Leicester City Council 
(St Margaret’s Bus Station Area, Northern Central Ring Road, Leicester) (Prohibition Of Driving, Red Route - No Stopping And Parking Places - Specified Classes Of Vehicles) Traffic Regulation Order 2023, (Amendment No.1) (Gravel St & Burleys Way) 2025

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Leicester City Council (“the Council”) proposes to make an Order under Sections 1(1), 2(1) to (3), 4(2), 5, 32, 35, 35A, and Part IV of Schedule 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (“the Act”), and of all other enabling powers and after consultation with the Chief Officer of Police in accordance with Part III of Schedule 9 to the Act, hereby propose to makes the following Order:- The effects of the Order set out in Schedule 1 to this Notice. Schedule 2 introduces new restriction types that will be included within the Order.

Schedule 1
The effects of the Traffic Regulation Order will be:-
• To prohibit vehicles from Stopping ‘At any time’ on a Red Route Clearway (indicated by upright signs only) on both sides of the road in the following length(s) of road(s): - Burleys Flyover, Burleys Way, Humberstone Road Roundabout (The whole gyratory), St Matthews Way and St Georges Way (between Humberstone Road roundabout to Charles Street).

• To prohibit vehicles from Stopping ‘At any time’ on a Red Route (Double Red Lines) (in addition to those lengths of road where Red Route (Double Red Lines) are already in operation) on parts of Gravel Street, & Sandacre Street

• To provide a Loading Only bay operating 9.30am to 4pm & 7pm to 7am on all days in the following length(s) of road: - Sandacre Street north-east side; between 55 metres & 68 metres south-east of its junction with Gravel Street.

• To provide a Loading Only bay operating between 7am to 1pm on all days on part of Sandacre Street

• To provide a Limited Waiting Bay (pick up & drop off) for 10 minutes waiting, no return within 1 hour operating all hours on all days in the following length of road: - Gravel Street 1) north west side, between 5 metres & 19 metres north east of its junction with Church Gate, south east side, between 35 metres & 46 metres and between 55 metres & 69 metres north-east of its junction with Churchgate

• To revoke certain prohibitions & restrictions

Schedule 2
INSERT NEW PART NUMBERS (for Prohibition of Driving, Limited & Loading Bays and Red Routes)

It should be noted that these amendments do not affect any restriction laid down by any existing Order but are intended to clarify the meanings within the articles. 

A COPY of the proposed Order, the relevant plan, the Council’s statement of reasons for proposing to make the Order and extract copies of the Order being amended may be seen at Leicester City Council’s website: leicester.gov.uk/trafficregulationorders. 

OBJECTIONS to the proposed Order should be sent to chris.middleton@leicester.gov.uk or email TROteam@leicester.gov.uk and mark for the attention of Chris Middleton. Any objections stating grounds on which they are made and quoting ref. (Gravel St TRO) must be received by me by the 26th day of March 2025. 

These proposed amendments to existing traffic restrictions are being proposed for preserving and improving the amenities of the area through which the roads run, to update traffic order signing arrangements on parts of the central ring road & to improve the parking and loading facilities in the area to benefit of the operation of the bus station & local businesses. An additional Bus Stop clearway restriction is also proposed under regulation on part of Gravel Street.

THIS NOTICE IS DATED THIS 4th day of March 2025

Andrew L Smith
Director of Planning Development and Transportation,
Leicester City Council, City Hall, 15 Charles Street, Leicester, LE1 1FZ