Drivers are being warned of road closures as a £1m programme of road repairs and resurfacing across Leicester began this week.On Monday, Wilne Street in Spinney Hills closed for two days of resurfacing.The full length closure is the first in a timetable which will see more than 28,500 sq m (306,700 sq ft) of 10 streets worked on until the end of August.The council said diversions will be signposted while repairs are carried out, and added work has been planned over the school summer holidays when there is less traffic.After Wilne Street, work moves to King Newton Street on Wednesday and Thursday.Overnight works are planned for Heron Road at its junction with Kingfisher Avenue, in North Evington, on Friday.The next project is then on 11 and 12 July, when part of Gwendolen Road, between Dorothy Road and Constance Road, is resurfaced.Morley Road, in Wycliffe, is due to be resurfaced over three days from 13 July.Butterwick Drive in Beaumont Leys will see its full length resurfaced over a fortnight, beginning on 20 July, followed by 12 days of resurfacing along Leycroft Road from 1 August.
Roadworks to see summer of closures on 10 Leicester streets
