darylslinn

Knock down the Crucible, Lyceum and Central Library and place a bus station there..... only joking..... but then again knowing this council.

Am I right in my assumption 'Nightrider' that for cyclists coming into the City which I believe is the main aim... a cross City route is of no real benefit to a cyclist ?

My dad was born on Coleford Road to George and Janet Slinn.... opposite the Vicarage.

Barclays branch at Hillsborough is to close in mid December.

I've not been around there for a while but Google Earth is still showing the bison in situ at Magna dated April 2019. Magna Bison

This is no secret as the Scarborough Spa, Spa Lift and Whitby Pavilion have been looked after now for a few years by SCT / SIV. They have also in the last few days handed the venues back to their respective local councils, so that these venues are no longer a burden on Sheffield CC.... however the mothballed Sheffield Arena and City Hall will still need a cash injection to reopen them when the time comes. Which asks the question is it time they sold these venues off to a concert promoter / agency to run and let the council get on with the business of running the City ?

The railway line that passed under Normanton Hill still has the bridge abutments in place, as you come up the hill the line passed where the last house on the right is before the climb the wall on the left hand side of the road here is the top of what was the bridge. As a kid in the early 80's we used to play around the abandoned mine area before the whole area was levelled and filled in..... little did we know back then.

When does the Snake Pass reopen ?

Looked and sounded superb over Hillsborough. Then banked and went around towards the City Centre.

Mr Cooper and Mr Ramsbottom were still there in the early 80's too. I've got to thank Mr Ramsbottom for introducing me at an early age to the music of U2.... I still can't remember how it linked into the RE lesson, but we had a week of listening to early U2 stuff.

I lived around the corner off Abbeydale Road from his shop and was fortunate to go to school with one of his sons (Lee). Back in the 70's I was always amazed at the weird and wonderful fruit and vegetables on show and the exotic spicy smells emanating from within. A lovely man with a lovely family, he'll be sadly missed.

The road surface is a right mess now though.

Make the most of cyclist spotting, it comes up this weekend doesn't it ?

I don't normally agree with you Planner1.... but I can understand why the council took the funding available to put the scheme in (not incompetent) and no doubt had to get something in place somewhere within a timescale. The scheme was in the wrong place and was to an extent underused (the failure) although it was intended to link one area to the "Grey to Green" project. It was a gamble in some respects that did not work even in the circumstances it was implemented, it also to me as a motorist look safe for cyclists especially coming from Shalesmoor on to the roundabout in the centre lane.

The Arena has aged and has been surpassed by the others, although Manchester's arena is just about to under go a multi million pound investment that brings that up to scratch both acoustic wise and as a destination for customers. Sheffield's Arena needs either demolishing or a private investor bringing in to take it over, or both. You would like to think that the government funding covered the removal too... and the council will have the barriers to use elsewhere for other developments or distancing measures.... they'll not be cheap.

But the council then took the decision to knock Don Valley Stadium down ! Sheffield Arena is making huge losses due to not having a major promoter bringing acts to town (pre-covid) and has been bailed out numerous times to the value of millions of pounds. Funds which would no doubt have been better used on other more worthy services in the city. As for the tram-train trial the majority of money spent was over the border into Rotherham and it benefits that town rather more than Sheffield. Does the removal of the Shalesmoor scheme come from the council budget or the central government funding for putting the scheme into place ?

Do the funds for the the removal of the scheme and putting the road back to it's pre-cycle lane condition come from central government or the council's own budget ?

I used to like Toby, I probably still do, but I don't listen to him anymore.... the whole radio station has become stale and safe, nothing new. The only time i listen now is if we have some kind of weather crisis on, floods, snow, locust invasion etc. It used to be permanently on in my car, now I prefer to flick between 5 Live and my MP3 player.

From 2018 ? Things have changed, people don't want to use public transports as much if they don't have to, so the car will always be king right now. Spot on.

Stick one of those at Brook Hill and a few bicycles could end up over the fence on to the tram tracks. I saw three cyclists this morning, two on the pavement and one waiting at a crossing, blocking the cycle lane.

They liaised with Cycle Sheffield, a voluntary organisation with over 1600 supporters from a City with over 500,000 residents, 0.0032% of the population. Perhaps someone should set up a Drive Sheffield organisation so that the council can poll them too, i'm certain that many more people would be members of that organisation. That is a ridiculous comment.... the dart thrown by the council will have missed the map completely !

Although only two cyclists have replied to my question and from what people have seen around the area, it does appear that the scheme has been ill thought out and badly implemented. Have the council actually spoken to cyclists asking them what routes they would like making safer or even done a survey of the areas that they think cyclists should use ?

An open question to cyclists.... If you are coming into Sheffield City Centre from or via the Hillsborough area and down Penistone Road, which way do you normally go from the Shalesmoor roundabout to get to say the Town Hall or Cathedral ?

Is this the same David Slater that has a lot of business or land down that end of Sheffield and would profit favourably from any future residential developments ? It's not an area I would like to live in especially when the presses are running at night at the steel works, not too far away. You can almost see the selling point of the place now.... high grade building with waterfront views, close to entertainment area, a major shopping centre and the motorway with supermarket trolley art forms cast into the water.

It won't happen because it is a sensible idea i'm afraid. I noticed that Councillor Bob Johnson, Cabinet Member for Transport and Sustainability at Sheffield City Council and his department are up to their tricks again, this time up Broomhill way with the temporary ?!? removal of parking spots outside some busy shops. The complaint being that the smaller shops are already struggling and now they have taken away parking in front of them / nearby. What is wrong with this council ?