Rockingham Street and West Street update - July 2025

We're progressing well with the work around the junction of Rockingham Street and West Street to make crossing safer for pedestrians. We're also working to enable buses to turn into Rockingahm Street to make public transport journeys into the city centre quicker and more reliable.

We’ve almost finished the works on the footway outside the Jobcentre, and we're starting work outside West Street Live.

After speaking to businesses in the area, we'll complete all the works in this area and outside the other bars nearby during July and August, ahead of Fresher’s week in September. This next phase of works will involve paving the footway (including the old loading bay, which will become part of a widened footway), kerbing, ducting, drainage, and signage.

We won't be working during Tramlines weekend, Friday 25 to Sunday 27 July. For travel information for Tramlines, visit the Travel South Yorkshire website.

We removed the temporary ‘lego bricks’ along West Street on Saturday 12 July, replacing them with alternative measures for now. We also added regular gaps in the fencing around the work site to maintain safety. A more permanent solution is part of this section of works and we expect to install this during the week commencing Monday 21 July.

You'll still be able to access all the premises in the area, and the taxi rank and loading area opposite West Street Live will be useable until September this year.