Why must we always end up with gridlock?

The council may very well be patting themselves on the back as well as giving credit where due to the performance of all concerned around the traffic chaos of Thursday night and yes, the Bomb Squad and Police did a fantastic job, but how many more times does this city have to suffer when a road is closed?

While I appreciate the Parkway is a main artery road, why does the whole city end up in complete disarray?

This council seem to have a selective memory and don't seem to remember past gridlocks and learn from them.

I also feel I must beg to differ the point in your front page article that traffic was running freely by 5.45pm. I left the Northern General at 5.05pm and by 5.45 had reached Spital Hill.

The gridlock was absolutely outrageous with the usual drivers who block traffic light junctions, do u-turns in the middle of the road, causing more chaos, and the general idiocy that always comes with a Sheffield Gridlock Day.

I live at Frecheville and finally got home at 6.50 that evening. I certainly didn't see any free-flowing traffic until we got to the Mosborough Parkway, so where was this freeflowing traffic exactly?

We tuned in to Hallam FM to check what was happening and rather than issue updates to the obviously frustrated drivers, they teased us with "updates in 20 minutes" and then proceeded to play loads of adverts. Radio Sheffield was much more helpful.

This city needs to learn that one incident compromises the whole of the city but a two- hour journey home from work is something I can see recurring on a regular basis.

Sarah Woodhead, Rowdale Crescent, Sheffield 12

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