Signs publicising major Sheffield city centre road closure ‘stolen’

Sheffield Council said advanced closure notices were placed on Broad Lane on July 7 notifying motorists that it would closed over the weekend of July 27 and 28.

But the authority said it believed they were stolen before being replaced on July 24.

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Broad Lane was closed from the junction with Rockingham Street to the Townhead Street roundabout over the weekend while workers took apart a crane on the Hollis Croft student apartment block which is nearing completion near to Butlers Balti House restaurant.

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Traffic was diverted up Townhead Street to Pinfold Street from Shalesmoor and up Rockingham Street to West Street from the University of Sheffield.

But a number of motorists were caught out by the one-way system at the end of Pinfold Street and are only being alerted by drivers heading the opposite direction, due to poor signage.

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The Star saw a number of near misses on Pinfold Street over the weekend.