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PROBLEM
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PROPOSED SOLUTION
What measures would help traffic
flow?
A57
Sheffield
Parkway
From Richard Wildgoose
(Forum member)
Sheaf Square
From Paul License
(Forum member)
Inbound junction with
Inner Relief Road
From Andy Sturrock
(Forum member)
Left turn from Inner
Relief Road onto
outbound Sheffield
Parkway
From Mac Millard,
(Forum member)
Traffic lights on
Parkway, right turn to
Cutlers Gate
Slight congestion at rush hour times morning
and evening
Sign posts more visible at approach
Inbound traffic has to stop to cross outbound
Parkway carriageway. Too few vehicles able to
clear junction at a time.
Tunnel to allow continuous flow from
Parkway to Inner Relief Road.
Traffic signals prevent free-flow from IRR onto
Parkway
As part of the outbound widening works
above, install a dedicated free-flow left
turn lane from IRR onto outbound
Parkway. This will reduce queuing on
IRR.
A large bush at the right turn obscures the view
for motorists and means that when the lights
turn green, it is not possible to check if motorists
are coming through from the other direction on a
red.
Removal of the bush would give
motorists a full view of the junction and
allow them to move away quickly and
safely.
I have reported this to Streetforce on a
number of occasions but no action has
yet been taken.
From Richard Wildgoose
Prince of Wales Road
roundabout
From Andy Sturrock
Junction with
Mosborough Parkway
From Richard Grindrod
(Forum member)
Mosborough Parkway
(Out of town)
Asda slip road to the
roundabout to
Mosborough and Ring
Road (RG)
Queuing traffic to get across roundabout to get
on A57
Traffic lights
AM peak, volume of traffic entering Sheffield
Parkway from Mosborough Parkway disrupts
mainline flow. This junction is overcapacity.
Widen Sheffield Parkway to three lanes
inbound as far as Park Square.
Significant lengths of three lane width
surfacing already exists and
construction of extra sections would be
a simple task. Making the extra lane a
24/7 bus lane would be a stupid waste
of resources, peak period only bus lane
required – given that almost no buses
use this route anyway, the public
transport desires of the Council
notwithstanding. Outbound widening to
Mosborough Parkway would also be
useful and logical.
Queuing particularly around 4pm through to 6pm Scrapping of the small roundabout in
– tail back to Parkway.
favour of a flow system
Queuing due to excessive traffic from the Prince
of Wales roundabout towards
Mosborough/Motorway
Introduce filter left onto the Mosborough
Parkway to bypass the roundabout.
A6102
Sheffield
Outer
Ring Road
A61 Inner
Relief
Road
From Richard Wildgoose
Attercliffe Common
roundabout
Prince of Wales Road
(Handsworth Road at
Darnall) (RW)
From Andy Sturrock
Upwell St/Holywell
Rd/Carlisle St East
A long delay at traffic lights
Need altering in sequence
Narrowing to the railway bridge in both
directions
Widening the bridge to take two lanes in
each direction
A simple signalised crossroads that has queuing
on all approaches during peak periods.
Obviously overcapacity.
From Richard Grindrod
New road?
Corporation Street into
A61 and to Riverside
From Paul License
Shalesmoor,
Corporation Street,
Nursery Street, Wicker
From Andy Sturrock
Corporation Street
/Nursery Street
Too many traffic lights in one spot
Widen all approaches (land purchase
required). Consider a roundabout with
part-time signals NOT full time signals
as at the Upwell St/Brightside Lane rbt –
the signals there cause unnecessary
disruption outside of peak periods.
Use of more filter lefts rather than traffic
lights
Corporation Street
/junction with clockwise
IRR (AS)
Traffic queuing at series of lights.
Redesign to replace lights with
roundabouts or reduce lights and
improve sequencing.
New construction has reduced a peak period
three lane one way street to only two lanes,
causing a reduction of capacity for clockwise
IRR traffic. At the bridge the carriageway is three
lanes wide, so why not have three lanes prior to
this point?
Traffic on Corporation Street coming from West
Bar roundabout appears to get a much longer
green period than the IRR, causing queuing on
clockwise IRR. Coupled with the number of
Widen the clockwise IRR to three lanes
on this short section by narrowing the
central reserve and/or nearside footway.
Adjust signal timings. The timings on
this section of IRR are still not optimal.
Confirm that the signalised pedestrian
crossing is linked to the other signals
Nursery Street to Wicker
clockwise (AS)
From Paul License
Inbound crossing point
with the Wicker
From JohnLashmar
(Forum member)
Inner Relief Road, under
the railway bridge at the
junction of Savile Street,
left turn to Spital Hill
From Mick Wardle,
(Forum member)
All traffic junctions from
Parkway to junction with
A61 Hoyle Street
All traffic junctions from
Hoyle St roundabout to
the Parkway (MW)
signals after this junction up to the Nursery
Street junction (see above) but also the
signalised crossing immediately after the
Corporation Street/IRR junction, this greatly
disrupts the flow of traffic on IRR.
There is a short length of only two lanes width,
with a very wide central reserve.
and reduce the amount of time given to
pedestrians at peak periods.
Traffic unnecessarily delayed on both the Inner
Relief Road and Wicker
Widen to three lanes, by reducing
central reserve width, thus increasing
capacity.
Short tunnel under Wicker to avert need
for traffic to stop.
The wide footway on the left hand side means
that straight on traffic in the nearside lane at the
signals blocks off the left turn up Spital Hill. This
blocking is a source of frustration and
unnecessary congestion.
An easy and not too expensive solution
is to cut back the width of the footway,
so that there is extra capacity on the
route out of Sheffield towards Don
Valley and Spital Hill.
Contrary to what we were told at our first
Reschedule the lights to do what was
meeting, traffic leaving The Parkway and
stated at the first meeting
travelling towards Penistone Road DOES NOT
get green lights if travelling at 30 mph. I have
taken this route numerous times at varying times
of the day and at weekends. Traffic invariably
gets a red at The Wicker and the following
junction and then one at Corporation Street. This
causes unnecessary stop- start motoring and
significantly increases pollution.
Comments as above.
Comments as above.
From Paul License
(Forum Member)
Meadow Street and
Hoyle Street
University roundabout
(A57 and A6134) (PL)
Moore Street
Roundabout/A625 (PL)
Traffic queuing back from Shalesmoor
Roundabout block the box junction for traffic
crossing Meadow Street
Traffic wardens or cameras to impose
fines on offenders to keep junction clear
Traffic queuing back from A6134 block the
roundabout for traffic travelling up Broad Lane
(A57) due to uncoordinated lights on A6134
Traffic bound for A625 Ecclesall Road delayed
by inbound and A61 crossing traffic
Coordinate light sequence or reduce
number of sets of lights
Improved timing on traffic lights, better
location of lights to ensure roundabout
clears.
A61
Penistone
Road
From Mick Wardle
Hoyle Street roundabout
and bus gate traffic
lights running out of
town towards Hillsboro
Right turn to Morrisons
going into town (MW)
Proposal to stop right
turns out of Morrisons
(towards town) (MW)
From Richard Wildgoose
Traffic lights at Bradfield
Road
From Mick Wardle
Bradfield Road junction
Into town
1. Traffic lights on the island do not change fast
enough after those at the end of Gibraltar Street
have gone green. This increases pollution.
2. Once these do change, the next set at the bus
gate from Langsett Road go to red and stop the
traffic that has just started moving - MADNESS!
3. Traffic then faces lights changing to red some
distance in front and then greening just slowly
enough to slow the traffic to a near stop. This
increases pollution.
Far too much demand for this turn. Friday at
4.30 the queue stretched back to Beulah Rd.
Once again Penistone Road reduced to one
lane.
Beware! Have you really calculated how many
vehicles you will be asking to go use the right
turn in front of Owlerton Stadium? The right turn
bay is very small and you may well end up
creating another queue which tails back, blocks
the junction and reduces Penistone Road
outbound down to one lane.
Resequence lights and reprioritise the
traffic flowing along the main road.
1. Extend the right turn bay (difficult).
2. Increase the right turn time at key
times.
Some very careful and thorough
computer modelling needs doing here. It
could be a non- improvement.
Need speeding up to keep traffic
flowing.
The “improvements” at Hillsboro have, as
predicted, caused major tailbacks down
Bradfield Road which spills onto Penistone
Road, reducing it to one lane.
1. Make both of Bradfield Road’s lanes
available for straight on traffic.
2. Rigorously enforce parking
restrictions on Bradfield Road; do not
allow disabled badge parking on this
road.
From Paul License
Junction with A6101
Holme Lane / Bradfield
Road
From Mac Millard
Herries Road joining
Penistone Road
A6102
Middlewood
Road
From Richard Grindrod
Roundabout at Leppings
Lane
From Richard Wildgoose
Halifax Road and
Penistone Road
roundabout
From Mick Wardle
Junction with Penistone
Road
From Paul License
Hillsborough TramGate
From Richard Grindrod
Wadsley Lane into
Leppings Lane
From Mick Wardle
Junction with Wadsley
Lane
Very heavy congestion from about 8:30 am to
9:30 am due to amount of traffic
Better timing on lights to allow traffic
flow.
Motorists joining Penistone Road from Herries
Road at peak times are often tailed back a
considerable distance up Herries Road. This
appears to be when they have the lights on go
the junction becomes filled with traffic from
Penistone Road.
Volume of traffic from Leppings Lane into
roundabout causes severe congestion in that
road.
Long delays at rush hours morning and evening.
Perhaps a review of traffic light timings
on and around this junction, and
markings on the road informing
motorists from Penistone Road to keep
clear.
Cars parking in front of the last five houses on
Parkside Road make the approach to this
junction just one lane. This significantly reduces
the flow across this junction within the timing
allowed.
Problems already well documented, one
problem has been cured by the expense of
creating others.
Long queues backing up Wadsley Lane.
Prohibit parking in front of the houses.
Investigate parking bays on the car park
across the road
1. Timings are wrong here. Traffic coming along
Middlewood Road from Hillsborough is allowed
to fill up the space in Leppings Lane and the
1. Re time the lights.
2. Get the ‘state of the art’ signalling
software (which I was told about
Provide pure filter left lanes in all
directions with hatching and use of
better markings overall
Better signs at all four corners and
better marking.
Traffic restrictions through tramgate
reduced to rush hour/peaks only.
Take out the traffic lights and install give
way.
Junction with Parkside
Road (MW)
lights at the Leppings Lane /Catch Bar Lane
junction don’t green early enough for these
vehicles to have moved before traffic at Wadsley
Lane gets a green at their set of lights. Result is
that traffic which wants to go both onto Leppings
Lane and Catch Bar Lane cannot get onto the
first bit of Leppings Lane as it is blocked. The
narrowing of the road to facilitate pedestrian
crossing (even though this is controlled by
signals) exacerbates the problem.
2. Supertram causes the lights at the bottom of
Wadsley Lane to miss a sequence when it goes
through towards town. I have been complaining
about this for 10 years. It significantly increases
congestion and pollution up Wadsley Lane.
Traffic should not be allowed to turn right at the
top of Parkside Road onto Middlewood Road.
Many vehicles coming along Leppings Lane and
wishing to turn right onto Catch Bar Lane and
onto the A6102 instead turn left onto Catch Bar
Lane then right up Parkside Road and then right
again at the junction with Middlewood Road in
an attempt to get onto the A 6102 faster.
Unfortunately when they turn right the junction
only holds three cars and they are always faced
with a red light. The fourth car then blocks the
junction and stops traffic coming off Penistone
Road which wants to get up Wadsley Lane. This
is a significant cause of congestion and the
solution is easy. There is absolutely no need for
a right turn at the top of Parkside Road.
incessantly when I complained)
upgraded so that it does its job properly.
3. If 2. cannot be done then programme
the signals to miss out Middlewood
Road outbound for one sequence
instead of Wadsley Lane.
Prohibit right turns at this location.
A61
Chesterfield Road
(From Paul License)
Queens Road/ Charlotte
Road Junction
Traffic backs up badly – not enough priority
given to main road. Hardly any congestion on
the minor Charlotte Road.
More priority needed at lights for main
road traffic.
Heeley Bridge (PL)
3 lanes go into 2 at bottleneck. Traffic also
backs up Broadfield Road.
From Richard Grindrod
Scarsdale Road traffic
lights
Rush hour lane causes chaos to outward bound
traffic in afternoon.
From Paul License
Abbey Lane
Bottleneck at Abbey Lane Junction due to right
filter on southbound carriageway and bus gate
on northbound carriageway.
Needs extra lane over Heeley Bridge.
Extend traffic flow system on Queens
Road up London Road and Chesterfield
Road/this could then have a fast lane
for buses bikes and car share scheme.
Removing lights completely at Heeley
Bridge would be a major improvement.
No right turn from Broadfield onto
London Road would also help.
Introduce tidal flow out of town – scrap
the island with lights on the Woodseats
side (use hanging lights instead – USA
style) and allow traffic from the top of
Woodseats Road use the right turn by
Farmfoods.
Remove right filter from A61 into Abbey
Lane and remove bus gate near
morrisons, so lift turning traffic into
Abbey Lane doesn’t get caught in main
A61 traffic through Woodseats.
A625
Ecclesall
Road
A57
Manchester Road
A6178
Attercliffe
Road
From Andy Sturrock
I’m delighted to say that
I rarely use this route but
based on the few
steering wheel chewing
occasions when I
have…
From Richard Grindrod
Between Summerfield
Street and Hunters Bar
roundabout
From Paul License
Hunters Bar
From Richard Grindrod
Sandygate Road and
Lydgate Road
From Richard Grindrod
Lovetot Street to
Staniforth Road Traffic
Lights
From Andy Sturrock
Junction with Weedon
Street
Junction with
Meadowhall Retail Park
(AS)
…dual it - just dual it, the whole length at least
three lanes wide each way, with as few traffic
signals as possible, OK?
Just get on with it, don’t tell me you
don’t have the cash, just get on with it!
God help those who have to use it on a
daily basis.
A prime example of the inadequate joke
that is Sheffield’s road network.
Restricted lanes due to bus lanes.
Introduce tidal flow as per Queens
Road.
Traffic queuing back towards town whilst bus
End outbound bus lane after Berkley
lane remains devoid of vehicles
Precinct
Waiting traffic on a staggered crossroads – with Introduce traffic lights.
a restricted view of traffic coming from Broomhill.
Due to the bus lane only and the traffic island at
the end of Staniforth Road traffic is restricted
and often in wrong lane – and there are still
many vehicles using the “At any time” bus lane.
Green period on Weedon Street very short,
causing queuing at any time of day, often
outside of peak periods.
The timings of the signals at this junction greatly
disrupt flows on the A6178
Scrap the “at any time” bus lane to
normal rush hour times and get rid of
the traffic island by introducing
pedestrian crossing full width.
Extend green period for Weedon Street.
Consider stopping the right turns
into/out of the retail park or adjust the
signal timings to give more priority to
the A6178. It is unreasonable to disrupt
the flow of traffic on the public highway
for a private retail development.
A6109
Brightside
Lane /
Meadowhall Road
Inbound junction with
Meadowhall Retail Park
(AS)
From Richard Grindrod
Jenkin Road
From Andy Sturrock
Meadowhall Road
approximately between
each end of Meadowhall
Way
Barrow Road junction
with Meadowhall Road
(AS)
The lack of a dedicated left turn lane into the
retail park, coupled with the presence of signals
after the turn, causes queues on the A6178
Mainly the tailback from the traffic lights at
Jenkin Road and Holywell Road – more to do
with the restricted traffic lanes at the traffic lights
at Upwell Lane/Holywell Road.
Wide carriageway marked only as two lanes,
with outbound traffic queuing PM peak
Install a left turn lane into the retail park,
removing the signals and install a Give
Way to control flow.
If the two sets of traffic lights and the
road width were dealt with then more
would use Holywell Road and thus
alleviate Meadowhall Road?
Remark as three lanes. Outbound traffic
already forms two lanes where possible,
so a formal marking would assist both
road capacity and road safety.
Due to the very short green period given to
Barrow Road traffic (six seconds?), traffic
frequently queues the full length of Barrow
Road, all the way back to its junction with Tyler
Street. Given the presence of the transport
interchange car park, this does not encourage
the use of public transport, due to the delays
caused. Queuing traffic often does U-turns,
presumably due to frustration at the length of
delay – not a particularly safe manoeuvre.
Adjust the signal timings at the junction.
The signal timings at the access into the
transport interchange car park are also
poor, I’m not convinced that set of
signals are working correctly either.
Also shorten the splitter island on the
Barrow Road downhill approach to the
interchange. It’s already being over-run
by traffic wishing to enter the car park in
their desire to get there.
From Mac Millard
“Wild
card” –
Rutland Road junction
any
with Cookswood Road
location
not
mentioned
above (in
Sheffield)
This junction, especially at peak times, becomes
difficult for traffic attempting to join Rutland
Road.
Where the lights on Cookswood Road
allow traffic to turn left with the green
arrow, traffic turning right has to wait for
their green light. May be allowing traffic
to turn right at the same time would then
allow more traffic out of Cookswood
Road. Then enable traffic turning right
from Rutland Road into Cookswood
Road, before allowing traffic to continue
their journey up from Rutland Road.
1. Re time and reprioritise the traffic
flow.
2, Sort out the “state of the art” tram
signalling.
From Mick Wardle
Ripley St/Langsett Rd
junction
Traffic regularly queues way up Ripley Street
when the flow across this junction is poor. Lots
of dead road time is wasted prioritising other
traffic that is just not there across the junction.
The tram also significantly mucks things up as
the programme is not sophisticated enough.
From Andy Sturrock
Rutland Road
Wide carriageway with significant uphill queuing
PM peak.
Remark as three lanes (or even four?
lanes). Would need to be made a
clearway?
From Richard Grindrod
Richmond
Road/Normanton Hill
Immense queuing at peak times to get out of
Normanton Hill due to the traffic waiting to turn
from Richmond Road down the hill.
Traffic lights with on demand signalling.
From Paul License
Junction of Abbeydale
Road and Abbey Lane
Queuing traffic.
Urgently need a traffic filter system.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
From Mick Wardle
I want to re state my comments above re the prioritisation of traffic on the new inner ring road. At the first meeting I clearly recall a
statement that the philosophy was for traffic flowing along this road was to be given priority and that if it travelled at 30 mph it would
find lights greening in front of it. My initial experience was the exact opposite of this and I alluded to that at our March meeting. I
have paid particular attention to this since then and can categorically state that when travelling from the Hoyle St roundabout
towards the Parkway or when travelling in the opposite direction what happens is the exact opposite of what was stated. Traffic is
regularly stopped in order to let vehicles fro side roads onto the inner ring road.
Two weeks ago my sister in law visited for the first time since the inner ring road was finished. I gave her new directions and she
came up on a Friday, arriving at approx 3.15pm. The first thing that she said was to ask why the new road involved so much stop
start motoring. She commented that after turning off the Parkway she was stopped at virtually every set of lights in order to let traffic
from side roads onto the ring road. This exactly mirrors my experiences. I have completed both routes at various times of the day on
both week days and week ends. The impression to a motorist is that of a determined effort to disrupt the flow. The current system
cannot be the most efficient, in terms of both traffic flow and pollution.
From Andy Sturrock
You should be looking at ALL junctions in the city, with a view to at least remarking them to increase capacity and preferably
identifying locations where simple widening/removal of islands can increase capacity. Either the new council is serious about
improving the city’s woefully inadequate road network, or it isn’t. Which is it to be?
I would also suggest that you make a concerted effort to ensure that all roadmarkings at signalised junctions are kept in good
condition. The state of markings at some junctions (Rutland Road/Cooks Wood Road/Pitsmoor Road for example) is appallingly
bad, with little if any effort being put in to keep these junctions up to standard.
From Paul License
Too many bus lanes – it was noticeable that, when the buses were on strike, the traffic flow in the city was greatly improved.
Uncoordinated Utility work on roads – too many times a road will be partially restricted for work by one Utility company, only for it to
reopen and then be restricted again shortly afterwards for another company.