Council looking at spending £850,000 to slash speed limits and install cameras on major Sheffield road
Busy route has been identified as ‘needing improvement’
Ecclesall Road looks set to see its speed limit slashed, with Sheffield Council asked to approve £856,000 to do it.
Under the plans, a new 20mph speed limit is set to be brought in between Pear Street and Hunter’s Bar Roundabout.
It would also extend the 30mph limit to the junction of Ecclesall Road South with Abbey Lane.
It is part of a wider road safety scheme that will also include the installation of average speed cameras and vehicle-activated signs to try to get cars to slow down.
It also covers the putting in of a new pedestrian crossing, and ‘upgrading’ another one, as well as junction improvements, and new ‘hatched’ road markings to better separate traffic flows.
A report which is due to go before Sheffield councillors on the Finance and Performance Policy Committee, on Monday (September 21), states: “The project has now reached the end of the detailed design stage and construction work will commence with an estimated start date of January 2027.
Officials at the council claim the scheme will improves safety for everyone using the A625 by reducing vehicle speeds, upgrading crossings and making some of the junctions safer.
They believe it will reduce the number and severity of road traffic collisions and make it easier and safer for residents to access local shops, services and community facilities, particularly non motorists.
The Department for Transport introduced the Safer Roads Fund to support road safety in England, and it is part of a wider package of investment into Britain’s road network.
As part of round three of the fund the A625 in Sheffield had been identified as needing improvement.
The DfT has also identified £1.425m to improve the stretch of road between the A61 in Sheffield and the B6375 near Whirlow.