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Manchester Road will fully reopen on Monday 3 March, four weeks later than originally planned.
Contractors Amey installed a new drain and gabions but wet weather has delayed the completion of the ground anchoring to the upper slope.
This means the single lane closure and temporary traffic lights will now be in place until March.
The A57 at Crosspool reopened on Monday lunchtime to single lane traffic after three weeks of maintenance work.
The road was closed in both directions from Hagg Lane and Coldwell Lane to the junction of Rivelin Valley Road at the beginning of November. The closure was to allow major repairs to be carried out following a landslip.
Andrew Harley, Construction Manager at Amey who are carrying out the work as part of the Streets Ahead project, said: “We’ve dug deep under the road to replace a damaged drain and to dig out more than 700 tonnes of clay and rock and install supports to help prevent further land movement.
“We are now ready to make further repairs on the upper embankment and plan to have the rest of the work finished and the road fully reopened by the end of January.”
The Bamford bus is also now running as normal once again.
Tapton Hill Congregational Church is holding its Autumn Craft Fayre this Saturday, 9 November.
It starts at 2pm and features stalls, refreshments, produce, a tombola, books and cakes.
The church can be found on the corner of Manchester Road and Tapton Hill Road.
Manchester Road will close for three weeks in November to allow for the repair of a collapsed drain under the road.
From 11pm on Friday 8 November 8 to 6am on Monday 2 December 2013 the road will be closed as follows:
The A57 will then reopen again to single lane traffic while further work is carried out to stabilise the slope below the road. Once this is completed, the road will fully reopen at the end of January 2014. Pedestrian access will be maintained while this work is carried out.
Contractors Amey will advantage of the road closure to carry out other works at the same time including pruning of trees, clearing overgrown footpaths, some footpath repairs and clearing drainage gullies.
Over the last seven days there have been at least three reports of cars being vandalised overnight in the Crosspool area.
Owners of vehicles parked on Cairns Road, Manchester Road and Watt Lane have found their cars with smashed rear/passenger windows and broken wing mirrors.
The police have been informed but do be vigilant and report anything suspicious by calling 101.
Has your car also been vandalised? If so, please comment below.
This rabbit was lost in the Manchester Road area about 8pm on Saturday night. Please let us know if you find it by commenting below and we’ll let the owner know.
Update 7 July: good news, the rabbit has come home.
Telecommunications work by BT is causing delays for motorists on Manchester Road near the Shore Lane junction, where two-way temporary traffic lights have been installed.
The work started this weekend and is expected to go on until Tuesday 18 June – although sometimes planned maintenance like this can take less time than estimated.
Any queries should be addressed to BT quoting reference BC005WP00100500109785506.
Update 7pm, Saturday 1 June: Fred the tortoise has been reunited with his owner of 43 years. He’s now safely tucked up in his little garden bungalow. Thanks for all your help in getting him home!
This tortoise was found today in a Manchester Road garden. If you know who the owner is and can help us reunite them then please leave a comment below.
During Crosspool Forum’s April Open Meeting, it was reported that the temporary traffic signals and roadworks on the A57 Manchester Road are one year old this May.
The work is the result of a serious subsidence problem which has spread significantly since it was first identified and is now affecting the retaining wall.
Although it may appear to regular users of the road that little has been done other than the siting of temporary signals, Amey has been monitoring the subsidence and has drilled several boreholes as part of its investigations. It appears that the problem is more complex than originally believed, meaning further surveys have been required.
Two options have been identified to stabilise the ground and stop further subsidence. The first involves driving concrete pilings, twelve metres in length, into the ground to support the embankment.
The second, reported recently in the Sheffield Star, uses electricity. The method involves inserting electrodes into the ground: the electrical current stabilises the ground beneath by altering the properties of the rock and soil. This method has been used successfully in similar situations and may be an option for the A57.
Our councillors and Amey inform us that the work is due to start in May or June so we may have seen the last of the chicane by the end of summer.
Drivers on the bottom end of Manchester Road will have noticed the electronic speed indication displays (SIDs) return last month. We got in touch the council to find out what data about traffic speeds the SIDs have collected.
The speed limit for this stretch of road is 30mph. The idea is that the SIDs slow cars down by making drivers aware when they are driving at unsafe speeds.
The data below from previous periods when SIDs have been installed on Manchester Road shows a reduction in average speed when they are present:
| Period | Average vehicle speed into town | Average vehicle speed away from town |
| No SIDs on site | 34mph | 31mph |
| February 2011 | 31mph | 29mph |
| July 2010 | 31mph | 27mph |
The SIDs on Manchester Road will be there for an eight-week period before they are rotated to another site by the Central Community Assembly.
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