Traffic and Travel

A car ended up on its side following a collision in a Melton residential area yesterday (Sunday).

Major traffic congestion in Melton is likely to continue for another week with the announcement this afternoon (Friday) that Mill Street will remain closed until next Friday so a gas leak can be fixed.

Motorists across the Melton borough face having to take random breath tests round the clock this month as police clamp down on drink drivers.

Motorists experienced long tailbacks on the A606 near Melton yesterday afternoon (Wednesday) after a collision involving three vehicles.

Motorists are being warned that several town centre roads will be closed to traffic on Sunday during the annual Victorian Christmas Fayre.

The county council has responded to claims that blocked road drains are causing the many flooded roads across the Melton area which have inconvenienced and delayed so many motorists this week.

Council officials have been accused of stranding elderly people in rural areas and consigning students to late journeys home as a result of changes they have made to six bus services in the Melton area.

A stranded taxi driver was rescued by firefighters yesterday (Monday) after he drove into heavy flood waters at Ratcliffe on the Wreake.

Firefighters rescued a lorry driver near Melton this morning (Thursday) after his vehicle got stuck in four-foot deep flood waters.

Gritting teams have started go out as night time temperatures drop to make roads safer for motorists in the Melton borough and across the county.

Changes are being made to six bus services in the Melton borough with routes and timings amended and residents in some villages having now to rely on pick-ups only being made if there is sufficient demand.

Multi-million-pound funding has today (Friday) been confirmed to pay for the southern link to Melton’s approved partial bypass.

Work teams have started upgrading water pipes in Melton as part of a £360,000 project which will continue until next April.

Car parking charges across the Melton borough are set to be increased for the first time in four years as the borough council seeks to generate an extra £150,000 a year so it can afford to improve customer services and tackle community and environmental issues.

More than 300 able-bodied motorists were issued with tickets for parking in bays in the Melton borough reserved for drivers with disabilities last year.

Firefighters have issued a warning to motorists not to drive through flood water after rescuing a man who was trapped in his vehicle at Thrussington this morning (Tuesday).

The Melton area’s performance on tackling climate change is ‘poor’ according to environmental campaigning group Friends of the Earth.

Designers of Melton’s partial bypass, which is due to be built by early 2023 at the latest, are celebrating after winning a prestigious regional planning award.

The A607 Leicester Road in Melton was closed in both directions last night (Tuesday) after a collision involving multiple cars and a fuel spillage.