These are the Sheffield roads that residents think need urgent attention
Sheffield Star readers share their thoughts on the state of roads in the Steel City and the ones that need the most urgent attention from council leaders
Sheffield’s local elections were at the centre of the headlines this week, with candidates from Labour, Reform, Conservative, Liberal Democrats and Green amongst others battling to secure their seats in both the Steel City.
Winning a local election often takes a lot of hard work from a campaigning perspective, but many would argue that the bigger task is representing constituents in the right way once in power and crucially putting the correct actions in place to help improve the area of the city they are representing.
One topic that’s likely to be at the forefront of any councillor's mind is improving the state of roads in Sheffield - and significantly easing concerns surrounding the amount of potholes that vehicles have to drive through.
With that being said, we asked locals in Sheffield to name the road that they think needs the most urgent attention from council leaders - and this is how they responded.
Ian Robinson started the discussion by highlighting his concerns about most roads in the Steel City, commenting: “It would be a bit harder if you said which road doesn’t need urgent attention.”
Sarah Chapman commented: “Station Road in Chapeltown!”
Julia Hetherington agreed. She shared her scathing verdict: “Station road Chapeltown, it’s a disgrace.”
Carina Glover added: “Bocking Lane roundabout!”
Neilson Doszczeczko said: “The one from Jordanthorpe roundabout to Batemoore. That's as near as you would get to driving on the moon.” A view which was shared by Andrew Speight, who claimed that he’d filed a report to Amey expressing concerns about that particular road.
Mimi Quarta said: “Arbourthorne Road, between Hurlfield and Eastbank Road.”
Dean Little said: “There's a road that runs past Plumco near Woodbourn Road, this is the worst road by far I have ever seen for potholes, it's not a main road but it used a lot for taking a short cuts and it's the worst.”
Laura Welsh said: “Highcliffe Road.”
Faizan Ilyas mentioned Jenkin Road, as did Malcolm Ward.
Fiona Allen said: “Cricket Inn Road is a right mess.”
Ali Shah said: “I’ve said it a 1000 times! Darnall Road.”
Paul Collins struggled to narrow it down to one road, adding that he believes the problem extends well beyond Sheffield. He said: “Too many to name the pot hole epidemic is out of control all over the country.”
Andrew Mosley agreed, commenting: “There are numerous roads throughout the area that demand urgent maintenance and upgrading.”