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10th September 2020
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Upper Don Trail Cycle Project gets green light FUNDING to develop the next stage of the This new project will provide an attractive Upper Don Cycle Trail Project has been giv- off-road cycle and walking link from Herries Road to Hillfoot Bridge, and is proposed to be en the go ahead. delivered in two phases. Existing cycling through the Upper Don Valley from the city centre to Stocksbridge and Phase one plans to provide an off-road cycle beyond is unattractive, disconnected and seen and walking link from Herries Road to Wardsend Cemetery – creating a link from Southas unsafe by many users. ey/Owlerton to Hillsborough College and Penistone Road. In line with government guidelines and local council approval
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Phase two plans to provide off-road cycle and walking link from Wardsend Cemetery to Hillfoot Bridge, connecting KelhamNeepsend, Pitsmoor, the city centre, Hillsborough College and Penistone Road.
Cllr Bob Johnson with Howard Bailey from Friends of Wardsend
Don Trail. It will provide increased opportunities for active travel, provide improved access to green and open spaces for leisure as well as sport and exercise. The feasibility stage of the project is due to be completed in next month.
Councillor Bob Johnson, Cabinet Member for Transport and Development, and Councillor for Hillsborough, said: “This is a fantastic project and just the kind of thing we need Currently, the scheme is at the feasibility stage to be doing to promote cycling and opening meaning landscape and engineering design up some of our cities fantastic assets so peoand an ecological study will be undertaken in ple can make the most of them. order to deliver designs, planning application drawings, and cost estimates to support the “As a local councillor in Hillsborough I know the potential that there is for this scheme to outline business case. open fantastic cycling and walking opportuThe scheme will be the completion of a first nities in our area, which will also run past the phase in the largest missing link in the long- Wardsend Cemetry Heritage Park. distance National Cycle Route 267 and Upper
“Credit must go to the Friends of Wardsend Cemetry Group, who have played a crucial role in advocating for this scheme. Their vision for their area and determination to get the project moving have been fantastic.� Councillor Julie Grocutt, Labour Councillor for Stocksbridge, said: “The Upper Don Trail is a really important project for Stocksbridge to provide an opportunity for a cycle route into central Sheffield. We have fantastic green space and countryside in the area and with a project like this it will open up even further for people to use. “We’ve seen a big appetite for cycling in Stocksbridge, and many people are cycling in the area over the summer, as well as the Tour de Yorkshire coming in recent years. I’m really pleased that this scheme is progressing and am keen to make sure we can keep it moving forward.�
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