Speed limit set to be cut on residential streets in Sheffield
Lower speed limits are to be introduced on four streets in Sheffield as part of a programme of safety measures.The 20mph (32 km/h) speed limits on Collegiate, Arbourthorne, Grenoside and Cemetery Road, are to be reduced as part of the city council's strategy to improve road safety in suburban areas.The proposed traffic measures totalling £174,000 also include safety work at road junctions in Tinsley, Burngreave and Shiregreen.The council's finance and performance policy committee are due to approve the plans at a meeting on Monday.
The initial consultation and design work for the strategy would cost £128,000, Another £11,000 is proposed to pay for feasibility and design works to investigate road safety measures at Shepcote Lane, Tinsley at the T-junction of the road with the entrance to Great Bear Distribution.
A report to the committee states: "There have been eight collisions at this location, four involved right turn movements into Great Bear Distribution."One solution being considered is the installation of a speed camera at the location.A further £6,000 would be spent to investigate installing road safety works at the junction of Carwood Road and Petre Street in Burngreave, where there have been eight collisions over a five-year period. According to the Local Democracy reporting Service the committee will also be asked to approve a budget of £29,000 to undertake feasibility and design works on Ecclesfield Road, Shiregreen, from the junction with Bellhouse Road to the junction with Deep Lane.There have been 13 collisions over a five-year period in the area and collision data showed there were issues at both junctions, a report to the committee states.
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