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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 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 proposed traffic measures totalling £174,000 also include safety work at road junctions in Tinsley, Burngreave and 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 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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