New crossing work completed at busy city junction

The work was funded by the developer behind new housing nearby
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A new pedestrian and cycle crossing has been installed at a junction on a busy road in Leicester.
The £95,000 scheme has seen a new signal-controlled pedestrian and cycle crossing and a zebra crossing created at the traffic lights at the junction of Blackbird Road and Parker Drive.
The crossing aims to improve safety for pedestrians after new homes were built in Somerset Avenue, with funding for the crossing from the developer, the city council said.
Assistant mayor for transport Geoff Whittle said the installation has extended "safer routes for walkers, wheelers and cyclists" in the area.
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