URL: https://cabinet.leicester.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=1472

Decision Maker: City Mayor (Individual Decision)

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: Yes

Purpose: To seek approval from the City Mayor to progress the design and construction of the S.106 funded pedestrian/cycle crossing improvements to the Blackbird Road/Parker Drive junction, and to add the allocated S.106 funding of £296,264 to the Council’s capital programme.

Content: To seek approval from the City Mayor to progress the design and construction of the S.106 funded pedestrian/cycle crossing improvements to the Blackbird Road/Parker Drive junction, and to add the allocated S.106 funding of £296,264 to the Council’s capital programme. To:   I.        approve progressing the design of the scheme and construction, subject to consultation with stakeholders, as detailed in the report. II.       approve the addition of the allocated S.106 funding of £296,264 to the Council’s capital programme. To approve the addition of the allocated S.106 funding of £296,264 to the Council’s capital programme. As part of the residential development on the former Blackbird Playing Fields, a S.106 contribution of £296,264 was secured towards highway improvements at the Blackbird Road/Parker Drive signal junction and at Parker Drive to provide/upgrade pedestrian and cycle crossing facilities.

Date of Decision: April 11, 2025