Driving to work this morning and could not believe the state of the roads in Walkley!! potholes in the roads...doesn't do my suspension any good.

The roads in Walkley have got to be one of the worst places in Sheffield to drive on. Not only are the hills very steep at times but they are also very bendy and at times narrow!

Over winter I dread to think what its going to be like driving when its snowed or if there's black ice ont road! I suppose I'll have to get a sledge and slide down the hills.:?

You should see what we have in Firth Park! Pot holes AND speed bumps!

Take the bus (or walk to town - it's downhill from where you are ;) )

Why don't the powers that be get back to the times when there were no speed humps and the roads were repaired on a regular basis.

These humps are not really any use are they? they cause damage and frustration and still do not reduce the speed of the idiots who drive vehicles.

Get back to as we were and when the offenders are caught, take their licences and ban them from driving for the rest of their lives, that is the only way, why should everyone else have to suffer because of bloody minded people who will not and do not intend to conform.

They don't need to waste money on speedbumps in Sheffield. The potholes do the work for them.
Want money off my road tax to compensate for the constant work needed on suspension, tyres, etc :P

I like the quote on your sig cosywolf. I've noticed a similr phrase being said in the movie "A Bronx Tale".

Hal, the speed humps DO have SOME use, although once someone has passed a speed hump, they usually drive at some speed till the next one.

Maybe an electronic signal area which automatically stops your car going over the given areas spees limit. Hence, you put yer foot down and you only go the speed of the said area. Jobs a good un, no more speed humps, and no more speding fines either!

Although this technology isn't available yet and would cost a lot to implement if it were. So forget my suggestion!:P

Originally posted by DaBouncer
Maybe an electronic signal area which automatically stops your car going over the given areas spees limit. Hence, you put yer foot down and you only go the speed of the said area. Jobs a good un, no more speed humps, and no more speding fines either!

Although this technology isn't available yet and would cost a lot to implement if it were. So forget my suggestion!:P

Actually, someone did try this - it was on TV aaaages ago. There's a receiver in your car, and a transmitter on the roadside, and it prevents your car from breaking the spped limit, even if you floor the pedal!

As the inventor said 'you can't beat this system'

I wonder what happened to it?

Find out for me Abby!

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Not sure if this topic has already been covered.

I am absolutly cheesed off with the roads in sheffield, i live in Norton lees and they have installed speed bumps the speed bumps are horrible cheap ones that have started to sink and things making driving very difficult. Thing is though they don't need the speed bumps because theres already numerous pot holes, bumps from work man not flattening tarmac down properly etc

Is there anyway we can complain?


rant over...

:thumbsup:

Yes, it's been mentioned before in a few threads. Here is a couple:

http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2160&highlight=Roads
http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=330&highlight=Speed+Humps

I am sure you can email or write to the Council and complain about them. Go for it. :thumbsup:

Originally posted by Lickszz
I am sure you can email or write to the Council and complain about them. Go for it. :thumbsup:

Like that's going to do any good! :loopy:

Originally posted by Andy
Like that's going to do any good! :loopy:

A little pessimistic there aren't ya? People power, if enough complain etc. :P

Originally posted by Lickszz
A little pessimistic there aren't ya? People power, if enough complain etc. :P

Normally I'd agree, but this is Sheffield City Council.

Sheffields roads are a joke. They're full of pot-holes everywhere. The council seemed to have found a way to solve this around the city centre though - replace the roads with pavements. See it in action on Eyre Street and Charter Row.

8) Nah Den Ace........

I think Charter Row and Eyre Street are a massive improvement. As was Arundel Gate. Pedestrians can now cross the road safely and easily.

Car users still have access to the city centre, but they would be better of using one of the many park & ride schemes around the city centre. This would save you queueing in traffic, make way for less congestion in the city centre, quicker public transport and less pollution.

The way forward is green.........you know it makes sense!!!

Regards,

Spacehopper.

Originally posted by Spacehopper
8) Nah Den Ace........

I think Charter Row and Eyre Street are a massive improvement. As was Arundel Gate. Pedestrians can now cross the road safely and easily.

Car users still have access to the city centre, but they would be better of using one of the many park & ride schemes around the city centre. This would save you queueing in traffic, make way for less congestion in the city centre, quicker public transport and less pollution.

The way forward is green.........you know it makes sense!!!

Regards,

Spacehopper.

There wouldn't be as much congestion (and therefore pollution) if they left the roads as they are and stopped throwing money at disrupting the motorist, instead investing money into public transport to offer a credible alternative to the car.

8) Nah Den Ace.......

Originally posted by t020
There wouldn't be as much congestion (and therefore pollution) if they left the roads as they are and stopped throwing money at disrupting the motorist, instead investing money into public transport to offer a credible alternative to the car.

I see where you are coming from. However, there are simply too many cars for our city centre roads. You can drive to within striking distance of the city centre via the inner ring road, then walk, catch a bus or tram. It's not much of a sacrifice for motorists, is it? This leaves the city centre safer and cleaner for pedestrians and quicker for public transport......everybody happy!!!!

Regards,

Spacehopper.

I don't know what all the fuss is! The roads in question aren't being closed, just being made less ugly and less dangerous!

There is bucket loads of city centre parking and on the tram network some excellent park and ride facilities.

I really do not think the motorist has it THAT bad surely. However we cannot have the city centre swamped with cars and we cannot have a go anywhere free for all, it is simply not appropriate.

As for public transport we need some investment where it matters.

With buses there are some areas I feel need addressing:
- buses need cleaning more often
- the newer First buses have no provision for luggage
- poor timekeeping, often due to bad timetables with no recovery time
- First buses often cancelled due to no driver
- lack of orbital routes
- no night buses
- inflation busting fares increases
- infrequent service on some routes on evenings and Sundays.

I believe the above are all because of either bus companys cutting costs to the bone to maximise profits or the Transport Executive throwing money at 'pet projects' instead of the actual service (and getting scammed by the bus companies probably).

with local trains a more frequent service and a later last train is what I feel is needed on the lines to Dore and Darnall/Woodhouse.

Trams do not cover enough of the city. However the on road shared sections seem to be a weakness too where delays may occur.

Leppings lane is rough due to police patrolling on environmentally friendly steel shoed mammals !

on crookes road they installed some really rubish not speed retardent speed retarders about 5 months ago and already they have disintegrated and are now lower in the road than the road was in the first place. all thanks to busses!!

atleast they did retarmak School Road!!:thumbsup:

Fletch

hi all just a comment from driving through rotherham today, and that was the state of the roads, they were immaculate, there were signs up asking for people to complain abiut pot holes. sheffield people are been let down the roads are discusting, and the speed measures are even worse, whats everyone elses mope?

You can't get within a country mile of the city centre without enduring about 6 sets of roadworks and 60 sets of traffic lights!

pot holes drive me mad in sheffield. and then the daft silent police men

I'm surprised how lumpy and patched the Parkway is, considering its the arterial route between the M1/City Centre.

The signage to different areas of the City Centre isn't coherent or clear; you are kept so far from the centre that you aren't sure whether you should turn off or not as it doesn't seem 'busy' enough!

I also thought the roads in Rotherham were well tended to.

lack of road name signs is annoying.........

dinp I quite agree used to work in Rotherham and you do notice the difference. Sheffield roads are in an appalling condition and those stupid so-called square speed bumps are an absolute pain.

Our Sheffield City Council are wasting our money on pointless roadworks.
An example is on Sheaf Street near the trainstation. The system they had their worked fine before they ahve just changed it. Now it is total chaos! Does anybody know what the point is in doing these roadworks?

The council needs to fix our roads from pot holes, not changing the layouts because there is no need.

I think the council are just tryign to make our driving as frustrating as possible to try and get us all to use public transport, so then bus driviers can be abusive towards us!

They're doing major roadworks there because they're doing a major square which was well needed ( what did tourists think of Sheffield when they go out of the train station)
Taken from sheffield 1's website:

A World-class Square

The creation of a superb new civic space in front of the station and the simplification of the highway at Sheaf Square are major elements of the Masterplan. The proposals include:
the formation of a world-class square, which creates a striking new civic space in front of the Station and the Sheaf House development site, along with a clear and attractive pedestrian link to Howard Street and on to the city centre
public art and dramatic lighting features
works to Sheaf Street to create two lanes of traffic in either direction
the linking of Pond Street and Paternoster Row to give bus access and a location for new bus interchange facilities
two 'super-crossings' for pedestrians to give direct access to the city centre, the E-Campus and Sheffield Hallam University
associated highways work (including signage and CCTV)
an improved taxi/car drop-off and pick-up location.
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I agree, the refurbishment and changes around the train station are overdue and well worth it.

Made my life a temprorarry hell, as OH works just oppisit e the site gallery, and picking him up/dropping him off each day requires some planning/fingers crossing as have to either go all the way round the ring road or through arundal gate . Not much of a diversion, but it would have been nice to know what was going to be the new road layout before setting out .

If you want an example of really pointless roadworks, look no further than the installation of numerous central refuges all the way along Abbey Lane between Woodseats and the junction with Abbeydale Road.

I'm sure the council will say that's it's improving pedestrian crossing facilities and so on, but in all the times I've driven along Abbey Lane I don't think I've ever seen anybody crossing the road except at the zebra crossings (the one by the school, which makes sense, and the one at the roundabout, which also makes sense for people who want to go up up towards Greenhill). Do we really need an island every few yards? For a start there doesn't really seem much to cross the road for anywhere else along Abbey Lane, and I've never really seen it that busy along there that there aren't plenty of gaps in the traffic.

What I have seen though are quite a few cyclists and the installation of these islands (and so many of them) makes it distinctly more tricky to overtake them, so motorists (and cyclists!) take note and take extra care!

What do the people who live along Abbey Lane think - anybody in that area?

Originally posted by Sony

( what did tourists think of Sheffield when they go out of the train station)
[B]

Can't say I've seen any obvious tourists in Sheffield...perhaps the new station square is going to be our main tourist attraction ?

But if they arrive by car what will they think of all the potholes in our roads ?

Anyway tourists don't pay council tax...not that the council pay any heed to those who do pay council tax :rolleyes:

The changes being made in the vicinity of the station are just the first part of major and fundamental changes that are going to alter the town centre over the course of the next few years.

The station has always been surrounded by what amounts to a ****-tip and the sooner it's levelled and dragged kicking and screaming into the twentieth century, maybe it'll be dragged that little bit further into the twenty-first.

Originally posted by Greybeard
Can't say I've seen any obvious tourists in Sheffield...perhaps the new station square is going to be our main tourist attraction ?

But if they arrive by car what will they think of all the potholes in our roads ?

Anyway tourists don't pay council tax...not that the council pay any heed to those who do pay council tax :rolleyes:

Sheffield is a tip when you arrive, this is a fantastic opportunity to paint the front door a little bit. Most of the cash for this isn't even council tax but comes via the urban regeneration Company including Objective 1 money.

And tourists don't pay council tax. no but they spend money in shops, pubs and restaruants, which depending on what you do for a living may benefit you directly!

SWhy do so many Sheffield folk have a "musn't grumble" attitude and happy to settle for mediocrity? You should be welcoming the cash that comes flowing in!

And anyway, Sheffield City centre has been a car dominated hellhole for ages, and one way to promote a vibrant sustainable city centre is to reclaim pedestrian space. Otherwise it will remain an unwelcoming unpleasant urban environment forever

Originally posted by theflyingfish
Sheffield is a tip when you arrive, this is a fantastic opportunity to paint the front door a little bit. Most of the cash for this isn't even council tax but comes via the urban regeneration Company including Objective 1 money.

And tourists don't pay council tax. no but they spend money in shops, pubs and restaruants, which depending on what you do for a living may benefit you directly!

SWhy do so many Sheffield folk have a "musn't grumble" attitude and happy to settle for mediocrity? You should be welcoming the cash that comes flowing in!

And anyway, Sheffield City centre has been a car dominated hellhole for ages, and one way to promote a vibrant sustainable city centre is to reclaim pedestrian space. Otherwise it will remain an unwelcoming unpleasant urban environment forever

Well said, that man!

I'm resurrecting an old thread because I've had enough! Not sure what I can do about it though. :confused:

I drove up to Wakefield yesterday and the roads were great. Then I got back into Sheffield and my little sporty car was bouncing all over the place as though we were at the Pleasure Beach.

If Sheffield wants to be taken seriously with inward investment it really has to sort this out. I've had business visitors into Sheffield and many of them have commented on how bad they were - one even said that Soweto had smoother tarmac!

Soweto... better roads than Sheffield! That's no joke. :suspect:

Anyone care to nominate the current worst roads?

Its annoying when you pay Council Tax so that they will supposedly look after roads and footpaths...

Ha!

i was just talking about this with my mate the other day..

i moved to sheffield from stafford (west mids) about a year ago.. whilst in stafford, i never had any problems with my car.. indeed, just before i left it passed it's MOT with flying colours and was treated to a full service..

since living up here, i've had my rear bearings go twice, suspension links replaced and had to have my wheels balanced due to being knocked out of whack.. oh, and i've now got a nice chip in my windscreen (albeit a "fixed" one using that resin-seal treatment you get free on your insurance) thanks to flying debris!

has anyone successfully pursued a claim against the council for recompense towards car repairs directly related to poor road maintenance?

i'm gutted; as anyone who has had repairs to their car will know, you start to lose faith in it once things start going wrong :(

has anyone successfully pursued a claim against the council for recompense towards car repairs directly related to poor road maintenance?

Same here... bearing/ tyres/suspension... am getting sick and tired of it too... and have wondered if a claim would be possible... shall we all stick together and fight the buggers?! :)

Originally posted by burny
Same here... bearing/ tyres/suspension... am getting sick and tired of it too... and have wondered if a claim would be possible... shall we all stick together and fight the buggers?! :)
Proving it I think would be the problem.

Originally posted by d71146
Proving it I think would be the problem.

that's what i thought.. also, if you had any kind of discrepancy/endorsement on your license the case would almost certainly be thrown out, as they would deem your driving to be at fault..

it's really quite frustrating, i can't afford this constant maintenance of my car :(

and any tree huggers thinking of suggesting i get rid of the car and walk/get a bike/sinclair c5; don't.. i am chronically lazy, plus personal circumstance at the moment requires me to have immediate and flexible transport..

does anybody know who to contact at the council to pursue a claim for pothole damage to an alloy wheel?

why don't you write a letter to your mp and collect signatures for it.

Set up a simple online system to collect signatures, and collect them from friends and family.

Present the whole lot to your MP and whichever department is responsible for the state of our roads.

I can't remember the name of the street, but there's a road between penistone rd and langsett rd that has a pothole nearly as big as my car (ok, it's not that big, but it's about 75cm across and 30cm deep).

Well thank god that after what seams like half a decade the dual carriage way outside the train station has now been resurfaced.:thumbsup: