Baslow Rd

Don't believe this one - a proposal to raise the speed limit on Baslow Rd (Totley to the city border) to the National Speed Limit (60mph) following the cock-up over the bus turning circle.

To re-cap on this one - the landlord of the cross scythes at Totley wanted to get the bus turning circle outside the pub moved because he wanted to do B&B and didn't want his guests disturbed by nasty noisy buses. The council, without doing any proper consultation, obliged and provided a turning circle and lighting all the way up to it. CPRE quite rightly objected, saying this was an extension of light pollution into the Peak District. Meanwhile, the pub went bust so there was no need to do this work after all. The lighting is being taken out - tend of thousands of pounds of public money wasted - and the only benefit to the travelling public was the reduction in the speed limit, which the petrolheads at the council now want to remove. Derbyshire CC has implemented 50mph on all its A-roads in the Peak district, and Sheffield ought to be matching this if it is serious about road safety.They also want to install an electronic warning sign so speeding motorists know when a bus is turning - with a lower speed limit there would be no need for this further expense.

 I've objected of course, and you can too - write to eric.wilson at sheffield.gov.uk quoting ref TR/36/0