What’s going on in the walking and cycling world in S. Yorks.

An overview of what’s going on in the walking and cycling world in S. Yorks.

Cycle Hubs

City Centre- Open

Moor Market – Open

Meadowhall – Open

Projects

City – Kelham – Neepsend Complete bar landscaping etc. There’s an issue with an oblique kerb which we hope will be rectified quickly.

Magna Tinsley Alleged to be starting soon.

Darnall scheme TROs issued.

Thessco (5WW) – Andrew Pembroke at Sustrans has done a survey and some initial designs for a new structure. He’s awaiting approval from EA and others.

The West Bar roundabout is now open and doesn’t seem to be generating any problems despite the doom and gloom warnings from keyboard warriors.

A neat new connection at Bower Spring links the TPT in Kelham, NCN627, to the new roundabout at West Bar and into the City Centre.Sustrans/TPT need to keep an eye on developments like this with a view to re-routing the NCN where appropriate. Our routes are often based on what was expedient at the time and while it is part of our intent to guide visitors to our interesting and historic places,not all the routes do this, and if we continue to guide people via meandering routes that are of little interest to visitors while locals are increasingly whizzing around on high-quality routes nearby, we risk the Network seeming irrelevant.

The Peak Park NPA has launched an Active Travel consultation.

They want you to think about 5 places in the Park that are important to you in terms of Active Travel and then 5 places that are in need of improvement, then there’s an opportunity to make more general comments, so you might want to think about those ten places before you start the consultation.

I’ve updated my page about cycle access to the Peak, which might give you some ideas.

Getting to the Peak

Start dates for other projects

City Centre Jan 25
Darnall/Attercliffe Jan 25
Nether Edge/ city Centre Mar 25

Burngreave? (£1.8m awarded to make the area more pedestrian friendly)

Oughtibridge paper mill site Upper Don Trail link to village.

Concerns have been raised about delays to this project. They will need access from the Paper Mill site to put a bridge in across the Don and if they leave it too long the developers will build a house on the land they need.