Sheffield station: Date announced for radical changes to parking and road layout to end traffic chaos
Radical changes to the road layout at Sheffield railway station are set to be launched in January.
Private vehicles will be barred from using the ‘station forecourt’ in a bid to keep cars moving, a Sheffield City Council report states.
No further information is divulged in the Transport, Regeneration and Climate Policy Committee pack.
But The Star understands the set down zone near the station building and the short-stay car park adjacent will be closed to the public.
People arriving by car will instead use a new 30-minute zone on Cross Turner Street, which is currently a taxi rank.
A new one-way gyratory system is also set to be introduced, with all vehicles approaching via Fornham Street, off the A61 Suffolk Road.
Turner Street will become one-way, with two lanes exiting onto Suffolk Road.
The transport report states the changes will be closely monitored and data from the trial will be used to inform a final scheme.
The final scheme requires the acquisition of a private property which is also needed for the removal of the existing footbridge, it adds.