Decision details

(i)            To approve commencement of highway improvements on St Nicholas Circle and Southgates at an estimated cost of £1.737m, funded from resources set aside for the Economic Action Plan; and

(ii)          To add the scheme to the capital programme.

The St Nicholas Circle project forms part of a wider ‘Connecting Leicester’ vision, which seeks to substantially enhance the City Centre and promote its economic prosperity and growth through the creation of major improvements to public realm and better pedestrian connectivity.

The series of improvements around St Nicholas Circle are aimed at improving connectivity between important areas either side of the Southgates underpass. 

The improvements at St Nicholas Circle are considered central to the delivery of some of the economic priorities set out in the Leicester Economic Action Plan (2012 to 2020) and the core objectives of Connecting Leicester. 

No other applicable options.