Drivers face new £70 fines as red routes launch on several key roads in Leicester

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Drivers face new £70 fines as red routes launch on several key roads in Leicester.

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Drivers have been warned of new £70 fines for breaking major traffic rules next month after a local authority unveiled plans to tackle congestion.Leicester City Council is set to introduce a new red route across key roads in the city centre to help keep traffic flowing and reduce the number of cars blocking roads.The impacted routes include Burleys Way, St Matthews Way and the St George's Way stretch of the A594 Leicester Inner Ring Road and will come into effect by early July.

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It will link existing red routes on London Road and the A6 St Margaret's Way, creating one continuous red route along this busy and important part of the city's highway network.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The new route will be marked with red signs, rather than with red lines on the road surface, in accordance with the red route clearway rules.

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Any drivers who are caught stopping in a red route clearway will be given a £70 fine, which would be reduced to £35 if paid within 21 days.

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