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BBC News
15-06-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
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. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
BBC News
13-05-2025
- BBC News
Residents call for speeding crackdown after A38 crash
Villagers living near a Gloucestershire road where a pedestrian was killed in December have called for lower speed limits and better signage to improve road 50 residents attended a meeting hosted by Deerhurst Parish Council last week after the incident on the A38 near Deerhurst raised included speeding on the B4213 Ledbury Road and that the condition of some of roads are leading to motorists swerving to avoid potholes. The parish council said a further meeting has been planned to discuss possible solutions with community partners, the police and Gloucestershire County Council Highways. Residents said speeding was also a problem in the village of Apperley, according to the Local Democracy Reporting county councillor Richard Stanley, who represents Severn Vale, also attended the meeting and said: "There are serious concerns and the people of Apperley are crying out to be heard and these issues taken seriously."Too often we have to wait until someone loses a life before people are heard and this has to change."I will work with our new councillors, Highways officers, parish councillors, residents and our MP Cameron Thomas to ensure residents are listened to, the issues are identified and action taken."Anyone interested in joining a community speed watch group or a traffic working group was asked to contact the parish council.
