A625 Safer Roads scheme

We are bringing forward proposals for a new road safety project along a 3.5 mile stretch of the A625, Ecclesall Road and Ecclesall Road South. It includes Ecclesall Road, one of the city’s most prominent locations for retail, dining and leisure as well as residential suburbs featuring a large number of family homes. Parents and school children use the footways alongside the A625 to walk to and from school.

Research by the independent Road Safety Foundation has found that the A625 is one of the 27 urban roads with the highest rates of road traffic collisions in the UK. To improve safety on the road, the Department for Transport has provided Sheffield City Council with funding of £1.425 million to design and deliver the project.

The proposed safety measures fall within two main sections of the route:

1. Between the Pear Street Junction / Champs Sports Bar and Grill (near to the inner ring road), to Hunter's Bar Roundabout (in each direction); and
2. Between Hunter's Bar Roundabout and the junction with Whirlowdale Road in Whirlow (in each direction).

The proposed measures include new average speed cameras installed at key points along the route, vehicle-activated speed signs, new and upgraded pedestrian crossings, remodelling some road junctions, reduced speed limits along parts of the route, as well as improvements to signage and pedestrian footways.

The proposed measures

You can see an illustration of the proposed measures below. If you would like to view the maps in more detail, or download them, you can do so from the link on the right (or at the bottom of the page for mobile devices).

Map showing the proposed measures on the section of the route from the junction with Pear Street to Hunter's Bar Roundabout

Map showing the proposed measures on the section of the route from the junction with Rustlings Road to the junction with Hoober Road

Map showing the proposed measures on the section of the route from the junction with Carter Knowle Road to the junction with Whirlowdale Road

The public consultation on the A625 Safer Roads scheme has now closed. Our team will review all the feedback received during this period, and will use it to help shape the proposals. Once we have reviewed the feedback and the proposals, the project will be put forward to Sheffield City Council’s Transport, Regeneration and Climate Policy Committee which will make a decision about the next steps for this scheme.

Thank you for your interest in the A625 Safer Roads scheme.

If you have any further questions on the project, you can get in touch with the project team through the following channels:

• Email: info@a625roadsafety.com
• Freephone: 0808 281 3514
• Freepost: Freepost A625 SAFER ROADS

These channels will be monitored from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.