Accident blackspot proposals under development

Accident blackspot proposals under development

SHEFFIELD City Council has been working on drawing up proposals to tackle the dangerous junction at Oughtibridge by Bridge Hill.

The junction has been an accident blackspot with a number of incidents and accidents taking place at the junction.

Now as a result of pressure from local campaigners, together with reporting of incidents involving car drivers, bikers and cyclists, the City Council has agreed to come up with proposals which local residents will be able to comment on and influence.

Just last week Wharncliffe Side resident Helen Hess was involved in an incident at the junction, such that her car has now been written off.

This prompted her husband, Tim, who as a cyclist has previously drawn attention to problems there, to contact the highways section again to call for immediate changes at this blackspot.

Labour member and campaigner Terry Barrow said: “Last year nearly 700 people signed a petition I organised and presented to council and since then we’ve kept the pressure on by letting council officers know every time there has been an incident.

“I’d like to thank the local school for the letters they wrote on the subject, the cycle forum for the pressure they brought and every individual who took the time to contact me to pass on information. It shows the power a community working together can have.”