19m Revamp to Start
30 Dec 2005
WORK on a £19m city council scheme to improve Leicester city centre is set to begin in the New Year.
Gallowtree Gate, Horsefair Street and the Granby Street/Halford Street junction will be the first areas to benefit from the work, which will start in January. Improvements will include high quality paving, new seating, planting and street furniture, and the pedestrianisation of High Street.
Work will also begin in the St George's area of the city, where the council's new performing arts centre is already under construction. The work was planned by the Lib Dem led council to tie in with the £350m extension of The Shires Shopping Centre.