Trenant Road, Eyres Monsell Ward Survey Results

Residents of Trenant Road in the Eyres Monsell Ward of Leicester contacted the Liberal Democrat Focus Team recently complaining of difficulties with parking and general road access. A street wide survey was conducted and the results are as follows:

40% responded that it was Fairly Difficult to access their driveways during the daytime. 30% responded it was Easy.

60% of residents that have a vehicle responded it was Difficult to travel along Trenant Road during the daytime. Only 20% said it was easy.

55% of residents that responded wish to have the Outer Circle bus to continue to use Trenant Road, 30% did not wish the bus service to use their road which was originally "temporarily" re-routed along Trenant Road in 2007 to accommodate the service during carriageway refurbishments to the nearby Pork Pie island.

65% of residents responded that in 2007 they were not consulted about the possibility of the temporary arrangement, the remaining 35% responded not applicable to them five years ago.

50% of residents were in favour of a bus stop if the Outer Circle continued to use Trenant Road, 30% were against and the remaining 20% were of no opinion either way.

Residents were informed by letter of the results as indeed were Centrebus, the operators of the service 40 and 41 Outer Circle.