Contractors are working to improve streets for walking and wheeling as part of a £21m project.
The lower section of Pinstone Street will be shut until June 2026 to create a ‘cycle street’. Work started there in August and quickly uncovered old tram tracks.
New paving is also being laid on Pinstone Street outside the Town Hall. And Surrey Street is being pedestrianised.
The work is part of Sheffield City Council’s £21m Connecting Sheffield project to improve public spaces and walking and cycling routes on Charles, Pinstone and Surrey streets and Arundel Gate.
A section of Pinstone Street from the Town Hall to the Peace Gardens was closed to traffic in 2020.
1. Access
The view down Pinstone Street to The Moor. Tram tracks were discovered when work started in late August. Access to shops is being maintained. | nw Photo: dw
2. Signs of the times
Multiple signs explain the rules on the lower section of Pinstone Street. It is closed until next year while a bike lane is installed with ‘extra greening and new trees to create a more pleasant, less traffic dominant area’. | nw Photo: dw
3. Pinstone Street
New paving on Pinstone Street. The road closed as a through-route for buses in 2020. A lane running northbound to the Salvation Army Citadel is set to reopen next year. | nw Photo: dw
4. Space
Historic Pinstone Street is set to reopen next year with pedestrians, bikes and cars all having their own space. | nw Photo: dw