Drivers on Arundel Gate in Sheffield warned of restrictions for bike lane works but bus gate 'remains active'
The changes are part of the Connecting Sheffield scheme to build bike lanes across the city
A major road through Sheffield is being narrowed to make space for wider pavements and a two-way cycle lane.
Arundel Gate will see lane reductions and traffic moved to the other side of the carriageway, with one lane running in each direction, for the next six weeks, the city council says.
But the bus gate on Arundel Gate will remain active so ‘any private motorists will have to use the Furnival Gate roundabout to divert, prior to getting onto Arundel Gate’.
The bus gate is the fourth top earner in the country, raising millions for Sheffield City Council, recent figures show.
Works starting this week include filling in a bus layby outside Sheffield Hallam University’s Adsetts Centre and widening the pavement further along, outside the university’s Stoddart Building.
The changes are part of the Connecting Sheffield scheme to build bike lanes across the city.
Arundel Gate will have wider pavements, a two-way cycle route and planting, which will make it more ‘attractive and continuing Sheffield’s reputation as an Outdoor City’, according to the city council.
A roundabout is being built outside the Novotel to make it easier for drivers to avoid the bus gate.
Work near the Adsetts Centre is set to last six weeks, the city council says.
The section between Furnival Square roundabout and Howard Street is set to be finished by January 2027.