City centre to suburb walk and wheel plan approved

A £15m scheme to improve walking, wheeling and cycling routes from a Sheffield suburb to the city centre has won approval.

The Nether Edge Wedge will create a direct, largely segregated walking, wheeling and cycling corridor from Nether Edge to the city centre two miles away.

There will also be a spur heading towards Broomhall, the University of Sheffield campus and nearby Royal Hallamshire, Children's and Weston Park hospitals.

The plan was approved at a meeting of Sheffield City Council's transport, regeneration and climate policy committee on Wednesday.

The route will be created through widened footways and new kerb-protected cycle tracks on Washington Road, Cemetery Road, Moore Street and Charter Row.

Other parts of the scheme include:

• A pocket park at Washington Road, additional cycle parking and green areas along Cemetery Road and at St Mary's Gate
• One-way, kerb-protected cycle lanes on each side of Cemetery Road, with reconfigured lay-bys and compensatory parking bays on adjoining streets
• Segregated cycle links on Moore Street and Charter Row to the Charter Square/city centre network
• A 24-hour bus lane on Charter Row for buses, taxis and cycles to improve bus journey times and reliability

A public consultation on plans put forward in 2021 resulted in 703 replies, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Following amendments to the scheme, a second consultation in May this year on a proposed traffic regulation order resulted in 20 responses, 14 of which raised concerns.

Principal transport planner Paul Sullivan said he had been working with shop owners on a solution to their worries about a loss of customer parking.

A report said that a business case submitted to the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority to help fund the total £14.8m cost was "anticipated to be approved" in January 2026.

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