Project update - November 2025

We’ve been working on Sheffield Road outside Magna to install the cycle route and improve the footway to make walking, wheeling and cycling in the area easier.

Thank you for your patience while we’ve worked on this part of the road.

We’ve now moved on to the junction of Blackburn Meadows Way and Sheffield Road.

The work here includes changes to the road layout so we can:

• reduce vehicle lanes from two to one for traffic heading towards Rotherham on Sheffield Road to improve safety.
• create a right-turn lane into Ferrars Road so vehicles don’t need to u-turn on Sheffield Road.
• improve access into Tinsley village by allowing right-turns into St Lawrence Road and Ferrars Road.

We’ll also make changes to the section of footway from Sheffield Road onto Blackburn Meadows Way towards Meadowhall to create space for people to walk and wheel, and a separate cycle route.

To do this section of work, we’ve made some temporary changes to the way traffic moves around the area. We’ve had to close access from Ferrars Road to Sheffield Road so we can change the junction of Ferrars Road with Sheffield Road for the right-turn.Traffic will need to divert via Newmarch Street and St Lawrence Road to access Sheffield Road.

Access to residential properties on Sheffield Road will be possible via St Lawrence Road, and access to the Hanfia Masjid and Islamic Cultural Centre car park will be open as usual.

We’ve also reduced the carriageway to one lane on Sheffield Road for traffic travelling towards Rotherham so our teams can work safely, though this will remain as a single lane when the work is complete.

The map below shows the changes to traffic movements during the work.

Map showing temporary traffic movements during work at the junction of Blackburn Meadows Way and Sheffield Road

We expect work in this area to continue until June 2026 and we’ll work to get access restored as soon as we can.