LCC - Parish and Communities Update Issue 22

Issue 22 of our Parish and Communities update can be found below.

Please continue to let us know what you think, your feedback is important to us and will allow us to improve our services to you.

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NEWS

Remembrance 2024

This year Leicestershire County Council will be processing all road closures and restrictions for Remembrance Day.

Please get in touch with eventnetworkmanagement@leics.gov.uk with your plans for this year's event.

For any events that will have an impact on the Highway the following information will be required;

• Risk assessment
• Traffic Management details
• Map showing locations of signs/cones and diversion if there is one
• Public Liability Insurance

Deadline for applications is Friday 13th September.

Planned Roadworks

How to find details of road works:

• By using one network

One Network is the UK's single source of truth for information about roadworks and traffic disruption. It is a single live and interactive platform that Highway Authorities (including LCC) and Utility companies use to share information on their roadworks. It allows users to easily identify the reason for the works, the timescale and details of who is responsible and how to contact them. A guide is due to be shared with Parishes in the next couple of weeks which will show step by step ways of setting up and account and efficient ways to search for information]

• By using LCC's planned roadworks reports

A list of planned roadworks is available via our Parish webpage https://resources.leicestershire.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/parishes-and-communities/useful-links. These lists are split into District/Boroughs and show planned works in progress over a period of 10 days, the lists are updated each Sunday. Please note these are only as up to date as of the time they are created, they will not contain information on emergency works and start and finish dates may alter. The information provided on these lists show the description of the works, the street/location, the contractor carrying out the work, estimated start and end dates and the traffic management due to be installed.

Surface Dressing and Grass Cutting

• The surface dressing programme is now completed.
• Cut 3 of our rural roads started on 19th August and the tractors are working their way around the county to complete by 1st October. All information can be found on our webpage https://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/road-maintenance/grass-cutting

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REMINDERS

• Local Transport Plan 4

The councils current Local Transport Plan, LTP3, is coming to an end in 2026, and no longer accords with national planning, transport, and environmental policies. It also has a limited focus on health and well-being and the potential benefits that active travel provides Leicestershire for local communities. We have taken the decision to update it with a new Local Transport Plan which will know as LTP4. ​ For more information on the Local Transport Plan visit our webpage > https://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/local-transport-plan

The Environment and Transport Department is also working to develop supporting strategies, including Leicestershire Highway Design Guide, Electric Vehicle Strategy and Cycling and Walking Strategy which allow more opportunities for you to feed in your thoughts and views.

CONSULTATION

A public consultation on the draft Local Transport Plan 4 is due to start on 12th August and close on Monday 23rd September. You can feed in your thoughts by completing a survey questionnaire which will be on our have your say pages https://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/have-your-say

To request a hard copy of this survey or for more information please direct your messages to: LeicestershireLocalTransportPlan@leics.gov.uk

• The sign cleaning programme will commence at the end of June and aims to cover the whole of the County starting with the resilient road network.

• All waste sites have now moved to the summer opening hours until 30th September 9am to 7pm. Visitors are encouraged to arrive 10 minutes prior to closing, last admittance being 6.55pm.

• Details of weekly planned roadworks throughout Leicestershire can be found here. This is updated every Monday and shows the following 10 days, please note this is only up to date at the time of creation and will not contain information on emergency works, however you can find this on the one.network site. If you need help or guidance on one.network please contact the Special Projects team.

• To log an enquiry, we would ask that you use the 'Report a problem' online form wherever possible - this form guides you through the identification and location of the issue, allowing easy input of the relevant data. You do not have to log in or have an account to do this and you will receive an acknowledgement, reference number, and receive regular updates on the issue reported.

• For all other enquiries that do not fit into the 'Report a problem' form, please submit these using the exclusive email address CSCparishes@leics.gov.uk, this was introduced several years ago to ensure that Parish Councils and Community Organisations are provided with a consistent and centralised approach.

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Information on local services, latest news and events can also be found on our Information for parishes and communities webpage and LCC website.

For enquiries relating to problems or defects on the roads or pavements please use the https://www.leicestershire.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/road-maintenance/report-a-road-problemor email CSCParishes@leics.gov.uk

Information on traffic schemes can be found via this link https://resources.leicestershire.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/traffic-management-schemes

Contact the Special Projects Team, Environment and Transport Department on 0116 305 5186 or at etdspecialprojects@leics.gov.uk