Leicester Council's Parking Plan: More Spaces, Better Streets

0:00It's April 8th. Welcome to Lester News today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story. Lester City Council just dropped plans to add 32 new on-street parking spots in the cultural quarter after a big NCP car park shut down. There. They're swapping out double yellow lines for pay and display bays on several streets to ease the crunch. They're also bumping up the max parking time from three hours to five, all as part of a bigger push to offset the law spaces. This ties into an 800,000 pound highways upgrade, including fresh footpaths, better curbs, and fixed drains. The closures hit hard, especially disabled folks heading to the curve theater who relied on that NCP spot. In the short term, officials are turning 11 pay and display bays into disabled parking later this month to help right away. Opposition counselors are pushing the council to take over the old NCP sites in Retland Center, Abbey Street and East Street, plus Lee Circle. But the labor run team says no, these spots lose money. Consultations kick off soon with changes eye for summer if approved.

1:06Assistant Mayor Jeff Whittle says it's about keeping the areas attractions buzzing while sprucing up the streets for everyone.