LEICESTER | 'Streets + Spaces' (pedestrianisation, etc) | £19 million | U/C

[braunstone geezer]

and ive said it b4 on the old leicester thread, but if ncp car park guys just replaced the concrete cladding on the lee circle car park wiv planters like at orlando internatonal airport then it would improve the lee circle area no end, it really would, trust

as for the car park next to the pac, well nothing can improve that, its a fucking disgrace, but then the pac aint no stunner either

[Leicity82]

Hadn't NCP recently attempted to 'clean-up' Lee Circle - or was that just some other remedial work? Whatever it was has hardly helped the place.

[braunstone geezer]

lee circle could look really good, no honest it could, i even starting to like that cardinal building and its opposite another block of homes called metropoliton aprtments i think (someones nicked half the sign) which dont look too bad.

and theres scaffolding up on an old warehouse thats derelict but looks like its being done up

i reckon this could be a desirable place to live very soon, just hide that fucking car park behind plants and greenery and stuff and it could be ok

theres a ncp car park near leicester square that looks good wiv these planter and shit and they charge 13 pound an hour to park, lee circle could be our up market car park wiv a bit of an overhaul

fuck the police are here for me

[Leicity82]

I think that's the Telephone Exchange redevelopment?

[braunstone geezer]

thats the one i mean, some guy was painting the wooden hoardings yesterday, i was taking the piss out of him saying they didnt think he was good enuff to be let loose inside the development

got to go, im being read my rights

[Leicity82]

Around the clock tower you are able to see holes within the concrete where new lighting/seats will go. I hope the design will be special and not just similar to what was there before.

btw I can't wait tillHigh Street is fully pedestrianised, as the whole place will be totally transformed.

[Leicity82]

Here's the diagram of the area:


Source: Leicester City Council Clock Tower/Eastgates document


There's some kind of 'semi-pedestrianisation' of the road bit at a later phase.

[philkeavo]

I am sorry to sound so downbeat but please can someone tell me what is the point of spending all these £millions on the streets and spaces thing if we then can't then do the basics like keep them clean?

The grey slabs on Market Street are so badly stained already they look really awful. Gallowtree Gate has so many pieces of chewing gum you literally can't walk without treading on one. Has anyone ever seen a litter warden, I am haven't and I go into Leicester all the time. Sometimes my fellow citizens really really depress

[Leicity82]

I agree about the really odd stains here, there and everywhere, however, they do seem to be cleaned but reappear again.

[outsider1]

this is what worries me about the idea for the Market of creating a world class square, then letting the market continue with moveable stalls. I mean has anyone seen the mess the market at Lcfc made to the bricks.

I just don't understand how people find it acceptable to drop rubbish, chewy etc, especially when their are so many bins about.

Plus i bet these people will be moaning about the terrible litter in Leicester!

[Leicity82]

Exactly! Some people are just sooo lazy!

[d4mo85]

Originally Posted by philkeavo

I am sorry to sound so downbeat but please can someone tell me what is the point of spending all these £millions on the streets and spaces thing if we then can't then do the basics like keep them clean?

The grey slabs on Market Street are so badly stained already they look really awful. Gallowtree Gate has so many pieces of chewing gum you literally can't walk without treading on one. Has anyone ever seen a litter warden, I am haven't and I go into Leicester all the time. Sometimes my fellow citizens really really depress

Apparently, due to good old 'Britishness' the reason for the easy staining is down to the fact the council haven't recieved delivery of the slab sealant. Once they seal the slabs properly it'll be a doddle to clean and shouldn't become as mucky

[Stefan88]

Chewing Gum should be banned IMO. I hate the stuff it goes black after a while and looks like hard pigeon shit.
I think we should have sand pits like they do abroad on top of bins to put cigarette ends in don't you? The amount of fag ends you see on top of a bin now is awful.
Do Leicester City Council issue fines for dropping a fag on the floor?

[d4mo85]

I'm not actually sure, I know Nottingham has a £50 fine in place for fag-ends as my girlfriend has warned me many times! But I was discussing this issue with some friends who came down from Nottingham at the weekend, we're all pretty sick of seeing fag-ends on the streets. But we all agreed that the new bins in Leicester are great. They have 'Leicester' cut-out in the sides, and the 'quarter name' that you're in.. ie Retail Quarter. They are pretty stylish too, grey replacing the old black, and depending on which quarter it is, have a specific coloured design which brightens them up no end.

They have stainless steel ash-trays fitted in the tops which really do help, people seem to use them more than ever which is great. However, with the smoking ban, people are sometimes forced to stub the fags out on the ground if there are no bins in the area.. so it's a catch-22 really. No excuse for chewing gum though.. much worse than cig butts..

[Stefan88]

In Leeds the bins have built in ash trays which are brilliant. In Nottingham though they seem to have screwed these rugged metal bits on that basically shred your cigarette so you can throw it in the bin but people just leave them on top sometimes.
I got a £50 fine whilst I was stood outside work. I was going to give a fake name but I had my name badge on
Since the smoking ban though there is a definate increase in the amount of fag ends on the pavement. It's all good and well pubs putting ashtrays that look more like small post box's on the wall but people stuff litter down them.

[philkeavo]

Originally Posted by d4mo85

Apparently, due to good old 'Britishness' the reason for the easy staining is down to the fact the council haven't recieved delivery of the slab sealant. Once they seal the slabs properly it'll be a doddle to clean and shouldn't become as mucky

It will be hard to get the stains out now as they are probably ingrained, take your point but more likely down to stupidness and incompetence, two words I most associate with our beloved city council

[d4mo85]

I'm sure any stains there now can be buffed out - although it might take some work. I remember how badly marked they were in areas just after they were laid.. they seemed to have come out alright.

If not.. bugger it - council's fault!

[Leicity82]

There were those 'litter warden' who issued poeple with fines for dropping cigarette, butts, etc. I don't know if it is still done though?

[philkeavo]

I think there's about 50 of them. Paid to sit on their fat arses no doubt!

They would do their job but it might be a breach of their human rights cos they are bound to get loads of abuse from the kindly citizens of Leicester who object to being told to stop treating our city like their personal dustbin. So they probably do sit on their arses all day cos the council are frightened of being sued under health & safety legislation for the said abuse above. Anyway to stop rambling and actually get to the point we do have litter wardens because the council make a big song and dance about them. Apparently, they only come out on patrol between the hours and 9.00am to 11.30am Monday to Friday and generally harrass old ladies dropping murray mint wrappers!!!!!!

[braunstone geezer]

i got a bollocking from a bin man for throwing my half empty mcdonalds milk shake into the back of a dust bin lorry, fuck me, wot a dick head, i followed him round the market annoying him until i got bored. all my days, hes a fucking bin man and all id done was throw rubbish into a suitable rubbish disposel thing, which happened to be a fucking dustbin lorry, the ultimate rubbish bin.

i kept saying to him 'hey man, where u bin man' and he'd say 'ive just been over there' and id say 'no, where u wheelie bin man' and it took him a few attempts to realise i was taking the piss, the fucking ape, dragging his dumb ass knuckles all the place. still, good fun