Sheffield City Council wins safety award for work on notorious A57 Snake Pass
“This award is a fantastic achievement and recognises the hard work and commitment our highways team have put into making the A57 Snake Pass safer”
Sheffield City Council has won an award for work to improve safety on the Snake Pass.
The authority shared the Exemplary Rural Scheme Award with Derbyshire County Council.
The award, from the Road Safety Foundation and the Department for Transport, was made a special celebration event at the House of Lords.
It comes after £7.6m has been spent on the A57 Snake Pass.
Judges selected the scheme due to its ‘consistent delivery across multiple projects, strong engagement with local residents, businesses and motorists and a willingness to look beyond the short-term and develop a strategic, forward-looking approach’.
Derbyshire County Council’s cabinet member for highways, Coun Charlotte Hill said: “This award is a fantastic achievement and recognises the hard work and commitment our highways team have put into making the A57 Snake Pass safer for everyone who uses it.
“This route is an important Derbyshire road, connecting Sheffield to Manchester, with thousands using it every year. We’re proud of the difference we’re making in this road, and that our wider approach to improving road safety across Derbyshire has been recognised at a national level.”
The Snake Pass is a major route between Sheffield and Manchester which sees about 30,000 vehicles a week.
It has four landslips which threaten the future of the road due to the enormous cost of repairs.
It has two sets of temporary lights, where the road is down to one lane, and a 7.5 tonne weight limit.
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