Here’s a round-up from Councillor Ruth Mersereau of where we are with the current Sheffield active travel schemes.
Active Travel Fund – Sheaf Valley Cycle Scheme – 4km cycle improvements between City Centre & Norton Hammer – should be on site Spring 2022 with works expected to be completed by September 2022. 2/35
Transforming Cities Fund Nether Edge Connecting Sheffield scheme – 2km segregated cycle route and pedestrian improvements – in progress. Works should be starting February 2023. 3/35
Transforming Cities Fund Connecting Sheffield Neepsend, Kelham to City Centre Cycle Route – contractor appointed – expected to be onsite October 2022. Completion expected September 2023. 4/35
Transforming Cities Fund Connecting Sheffield Darnall, Attercliffe and City Centre Cycle Route – in progress. Should be on site February 2023 – completion expected Summer 2024. 5/35
Transforming Cities Fund “Connecting Sheffield” – Magna Tinsley – in progress – expected to be the first of all the “Connecting Sheffield” schemes to be completed. 6/35
Little Don Link, Stocksbridge – mostly off-road active travel route (approximately 15km in total of which 5km is in Sheffield) – in progress, initial stage complete. 7/35
Stocksbridge Active travel network – funded through Stocksbridge Town Fund – new/upgraded routes towards Ewden and Underbank – Stocksbridge – in preliminary design. 8/35
Active Travel Neighbourhoods – Crookes – delivery of experimental scheme anticipated by end March 2022. Planters ordered. 3 crossing points expected to be installed mid-April to mid-May 2022. 9/35
Active Travel Neighbourhoods – Nether Edge – delivery of experimental scheme anticipated by end March 2022. Planters ordered. 2 crossing points to be installed mid-April to mid-May 2022. 10/35
“Grey to Green 3” Angel Street extension – expected to be complete by end of April 2022. 11/35
Little Don Link, Deepcar – new bins, access plate widening, sweeping – in progress. 12/35
Dyche Lane pedestrian crossing improvements at Batemoor Road, plus kerb realignments, signs and lines – in progress. 13/35
Beaver Hill Road pedestrian crossing improvements just south of junction with Beaver Avenue – plus kerb realignments, signs and lines – in progress. 14/35
Nether Lane pedestrian crossing improvement, south of junction with Cowley Lane, near the entrance to Independent Cars at Hydra Business Park, plus kerb realignments, signs and lines – in progress. 15/35
Anns Grove “School Street” – Anns Road between Spencer Road and Gleadless Road – mixture of one-way systems, permanent and time limited closures of whole roads or sections, extra parking restrictions, build outs – in progress. 16/35
Carfield “School Street” – Argyle Road between Cycrus Road and Upper Albert Terrace and Argyle Close – mixture of one-way systems, permanent and time limited closures of whole roads or sections, extra parking restrictions, build outs – in progress. 17/35
Nether Edge Primary “School Street” – Glen Road between Abbeydale Road and Sandford Grove – mixture of one-way systems, permanent and time limited closures of whole roads or sections, extra parking restrictions, build outs – in progress. 18/35
Greystones “School Street” – Tullibardine Road between Huntingtower Road and Greystones Road – mixture of one-way systems, permanent and time limited closures of whole roads or sections, extra parking restrictions, build outs – in progress. 19/35
Hunters Bar Juniors “School Street” – Kirkstall road – mixture of one-way systems, permanent and time limited closures of whole roads or sections, extra parking restrictions, build outs – in progress. 20/35
Byron Wood “School Street”, Earldom road – mixture of one-way systems, permanent and time limited closures of whole roads or sections, extra parking restrictions, build outs – in progress. 21/35
Porter Croft “School Street”, Pomona Street from Sawdon Road – mixture of one-way systems, permanent and time limited closures of whole roads or sections, extra parking restrictions, build outs – in progress. 22/35
Five Weirs Walk and National Cycle Network Routes 627/67 – removal /widening/replacement of barriers on off road networks – in progress. Barriers either side of Newhall Road to be replaced by bollards. Barrier changes Manor to Shirebrook – waiting for designs from Sustrans. 23/35
Netherthorpe Road underpass – removal of chicane barriers, plus measures to reduce pedestrian /cycle conflict through underpass – in progress – currently in detailed design. 24/35
Sandford Grove – “The Sad Cycle Lane” @cyclesad – works to stop illegal parking on cycle route – anticipated construction by end of March 2022. 25/35
Prince of Wales Road – Improvements to existing cycle lane under the bridge at Darnall – in preliminary design – expected delivery April/May 2022. 26/35
Oughtibridge road safety scheme – expected to be going in Autumn 2022. 27/35
Traffic signal retiming at Leavygreave road – in progress. 28/35
Cycle hub (City Centre) – scheme in progress – looking to be on site fitting out early in the summer of 2022. 29/35
Cycle hub (Olympic Legacy Park) – initial business case being prepared for submission early March 2022 – delivery date tbc. 30/35
Residential Cycle parking – trial planned within Active Travel Neighbourhoods, but in parallel. Initial business case being prepared for submission early March 2022. 31/35
Cycle parking at Dore & Totley railway stations – Dore improved and with increased capacity. 32/35
Cycle parking at Meadowhall railway station – should be on site in March 2022 (but provided by third party). 33/35
Provision of cycle pumps across the city – two more installed w/c 31/01/22. Repairs and relocation required of remaining pumps – in progress. 34/35
Hillsborough All Wheels track – work started on 14th Feb 2022. 35/35