Sheaf Valley Cycle Route

The Sheaf Valley Cycle Route (City Centre- Archer Rd) represents a substantial improvement on what we had before. The link between Saxon Rd and Little London Rd was crucial to avoid congested Chesterfield Rd; traffic has been much reduced on Little London Rd, with consequential benefits for the residents of the Lakes and Norton Hammer areas and the permeability of the Broadfield Rd area is greatly improved. The proof of the success of this scheme is the greatly increased numbers of cyclists using the route.

But...

We still have reservations about:

• Saxon Rd, where we continue to believe that a one-way scheme with a contra-flow for cyclists, mirroring the Little London Rd scheme but in the opposite direction, would have benefits for all;
• The Virgin Gym cycleway where the bollards are too close together (can't get a trike down it - we need 1.5 metres!)
• Problem of no maintenance on the link into Sainsburys (here's hoping for an interchange of some sort there one day)
• What happened to the pay-off the council got from Tescos?
• Section between Fieldhead Rd & Mount Pleasant on Abbeydale Rd where apart from the p/t inbound bus lane there is no protection for cyclists (although moving the outbound bus stop has helped)
• Please please resurface Little London Rd & Staveley Rd - my soft fruit is getting turned into puree on the way back from Sainsburys! Cycle routes need better maintenance than bronze routes!