Sheffield city centre Tenter St the dust settles on the crazy £16.5 million folly Dutch roundabout.

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  • @lmarsh1894
    @lmarsh1894 Місяць тому +8

    What a nightmare. A van smashed into a bus on Burton Road outside Crust Cob due to the new road layout. It was 1 way so you looked left now it's left and right. No signs at all.

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому +3

      That is Neepsend isn't it Ian. Its a nightmare down there.

  • @richardburns1287
    @richardburns1287 Місяць тому +6

    This is a fresh scandal. Peoples homes are falling into despair and people are struggling to eat and pay bills, all this from a labour council.
    When I cycled up and down there Tim, I saw no other bikes.

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому +2

      Absolutely Richard. Not one cycle on my video on a very warm day in winter. Or did I see one delivery cyclist.

    • @richardburns1287
      @richardburns1287 Місяць тому +1

      @@timawells the delivery cyclist are a menace, all riding around on home made electric mountain bikes that zoom around on paths and up and down the moor at far more than 15mph. I had one nearly run into me, he braked but the power was still on so lurched forward again and again, couldn't speak a word of English. It was basically an electric motorbike, motorbike wheels Tim.

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому +2

      @@richardburns1287 I nearly had one hit me on High St Richard, I was filming from the central reservation just off the road and off the tram track. What he was doing there is another question?

    • @richardburns1287
      @richardburns1287 Місяць тому

      @timawells they ride anywhere Tim, they congregate in that doorway opposite McDonald's, I've seen their bikes dumped on that central reservation you were stood on.
      I have to say it, if they were white working class, they would be clamped down on, not turned a blind eye to.

  • @analogkidabc
    @analogkidabc Місяць тому +5

    At least all those people in those buildings will have a good view of all the accidents that will definitely happen.

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому +1

      Its a matter of time. Filming it two people stopped abruptly when I was not even crossing.

    • @analogkidabc
      @analogkidabc Місяць тому +1

      ​@@timawellsI'll definitely be avoiding that area from now on.

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому +2

      @@analogkidabc Two cars skidded to a halt and I was only filming it. No way will I drive or cycle there. Wait for night time.

  • @thetony5474
    @thetony5474 Місяць тому +7

    What a hot mess.

    • @bettytigers
      @bettytigers Місяць тому

      Can a spokesperson from the council explain the logic of the various paths, roads and changes?

  • @rgsnr8702
    @rgsnr8702 Місяць тому +3

    in all my 70 my years i have never seen a project the council was involved that was not a white elephant disaster ,every one failed and demolished and replaced with another carbuncle paid for by taxpayers

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому

      The best one the hole in the road could have been updated, but know they throw the baby out with the bath water.

  • @stevecoatesdotnet
    @stevecoatesdotnet Місяць тому

    The crossings are somewhat necessary as it can be very difficult to cross around there normally. Not an issue now with the Zebra crossings. Personally I would have gone with puffin crossings, but that probably wouldn't work due to the cycle lane. But the big question, which of the three lanes does Banaman use for his mobility scooter? :)

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому

      Steve never an issue to cross that road when I worked there for 15 years. Banaman always there to foggy the issue.

  • @retrorambles517
    @retrorambles517 Місяць тому +4

    What a horrible waste of money

  • @bethanhamer.8669
    @bethanhamer.8669 Місяць тому +3

    Waste of peoples taxes and council tax , city council are so good at it .

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому +1

      Come from SY Mayoral Bethan, still our tax money being wasted.

    • @bethanhamer.8669
      @bethanhamer.8669 Місяць тому

      @ I hadn’t even realised what they were constructing, just seemed to be years of road works . I’m finding all sorts out watching your channel 😀

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому +1

      @@bethanhamer.8669 Shocking isn't it Bethan. Wait for the next two videos.

  • @Egg-mr7np
    @Egg-mr7np Місяць тому

    Disappointing turnout as they say.
    The traffic seems to be flowing fine in this footage.
    Thanks for filming the progress.

  • @andywright3450
    @andywright3450 Місяць тому +8

    Hi Tim what a shambles that road what a joke this city is

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому +1

      Absolutely Andy. Wait for Thursday video.

  • @enviousstork1213
    @enviousstork1213 Місяць тому

    Absolutely correct Tim an absolute shambles of the city now , going back to the 80s when I was a kid It was a beautiful place and you couldn’t get it from the market even to bottom of fargate in a day. It was fantastic - all a world economic forum initiative to get everybody out of the cars and onto cycles. When I go through shalesmoor , I’ve said exactly the same thing there’s about 20 traffic lights in about 100 yards cycle lanes what no one use it it’s an absolute joke.

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому

      Its very sad and as though they killed our fantastic city on purpose.

  • @timothypowell6298
    @timothypowell6298 Місяць тому +1

    You said they are going to have green areas where the roundabout is and tanter street ?if it's anything like they have near the courts in terms of height then this will prove to be very dangerous most of all at the crossing points where the public and bike riders go through plus any drivers coming out woll have blocked views ie unable to see what is coming .

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому

      Totally agree Tim its going to be a visual hazard.

  • @alecaubrey3894
    @alecaubrey3894 Місяць тому +1

    I used to work on Queens Street with buses to Campo Lane very straightforward but all this is a horror they are completely mad living in cloud cuckoo land out of touch with reality 😢

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому

      Remember the bus station at the bottom of Angel St?

  • @muckle8
    @muckle8 Місяць тому +1

    The more these college kids masquerading as town planners get involved , the worse it gets .

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому

      No common sense. Stayed in their bedrooms rather than climbed trees.

  • @christophersalt7210
    @christophersalt7210 Місяць тому +2

    I used to go to croft e youth centre to the gym then it got taken over by a operatic society and I also use to clean the windows of the small corner bakery and Weston tower it was so easy to drive and park but typical labour and liberal council anti car and it's just horrible to drive around there and the city centre and how many cyclists do you see and it had a nice atmosphere but now it's just bland

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому +1

      I worked across from there for 15 years Christopher. If I needed to park my car I could park on Hollis croft, then double yellows came in and pushed us further an further over the hill.

    • @davidhudson299
      @davidhudson299 Місяць тому

      When the pandemic was on the f*ckwits in the Town Hall narrowed Shalesmoor down to 1 lane from time to time for cyclists to use the inside lane,bollards everywhere.Result massive traffic tailbacks and zero cyclists.

  • @BillyBanter100
    @BillyBanter100 Місяць тому +1

    A shocking waste of money.

  • @retrorambles517
    @retrorambles517 Місяць тому +1

    I keep moaning but could have built some decent retail around where and expand the city

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому

      Its being constructive not moaning.

  • @garybradbury1835
    @garybradbury1835 Місяць тому

    Sheffield Council Taxing chimneys since 1890.......
    The Clean Air programme was completed By 1972, the city of 71 square miles with over half a million population, and 186,000 houses, had tamed air pollution in 12 years, even though its basic industry, producing three million tons of steel, was notorious for its pollution problems.....
    Sheffields
    Clean air zone 2022 ,same subject
    DIFFERENT SUBJECTS

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому +1

      We are now polluting abroad in a far greater way than we polluted in the UK Gary. Its madness.

  • @Rixsons
    @Rixsons Місяць тому +1

    As a road bike cyclist i will still use the road as cycle paths are not fit for purpose especially a road bike

    • @giogio4833
      @giogio4833 Місяць тому

      100% ...all you need is a white line on the road..none of this up and down cycle lanes...they increase the risk of accident.

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому

      I cycle into Sheffield the 14 miles and had a nasty accident on their cycle lanes. Luckily when I trialled Rotherhams new ones, I came on the mountain bike, it make me sea sick with the drives.

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому

      Absolutely cycling home from Rotherham, part of it was done this way.

  • @AGTC009
    @AGTC009 Місяць тому

    And not an effing cyclist in sight ! Madness ! They like spending money that isn't theirs ! ...Done it in Leeds a few year back £20m+ spent on a cycle lane & I have never seen anybody use it ...ever !

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому

      Not one on my video. I was in town a couple of hours, saw less than 5 cyclist and would be deliveroo.

    • @AGTC009
      @AGTC009 Місяць тому

      @@timawells There you go ! Proves that I am not a fabricator !!

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому

      @@AGTC009 I even cycled in 11 miles to do the Rotherham ones. I saw 3 cyclists all afternoon. Including me. Only me and the other person on them. £13 million and destruction of the businesses along them.

    • @AGTC009
      @AGTC009 Місяць тому

      @@timawells Again spending money like it is going out of fashion on something that will not be used by the masses only a tiny minority ...utterly ridiculous !

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому

      @@AGTC009 This is coming from Sheffield city region.

  • @thomasfowler8212
    @thomasfowler8212 Місяць тому

    I can guarantee they had loads of really clever models they did on computers that calculated it would be way better this way…..that’s the BS they told us in letter we received along with how they are going to make a road coming off Whitham Rd one-way for ‘safety’

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому +1

      Coming through Catcliffe to Sheffield the Lights were out on the Waverley estate and Morrisons roundabout, everything flows better.

  • @gaz327
    @gaz327 Місяць тому

    I’m looking forward to my circular walk around it for a few hours when it opens

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому

      Aren't you risking a cycle.

  • @edmundblackaddercoc8522
    @edmundblackaddercoc8522 Місяць тому +3

    The incompetence of councils is matched only by their pay, this country needs a fella in a a tash, everywhere we look,sigh, and a big un at that.

  • @m_lockwood-tj9kv
    @m_lockwood-tj9kv Місяць тому

    Another great idea from the Sheffield traffic management unit.nothing they have done has been a good idea.

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому

      They need to reverse everything they have done.

  • @andrewgamble5332
    @andrewgamble5332 Місяць тому

    Adequate has nothing to do with it when it's not your money.

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому

      They are gambling with our money Andrew ;)

  • @simonsaddo
    @simonsaddo Місяць тому +2

    Town and cities need to progress cars are no longer the answer

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому

      Since 94 Sheffield has gone backwards. This isn't about progression, its about control. "You will own nothing and be happy".

  • @williamclay5615
    @williamclay5615 Місяць тому

    ya cant move for cyclists ...what a crazy world we live in Neepsend and Kelham roads have been destroyed..SCC high calibre 🤣

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому

      I think I saw less than 5 cycles all afternoon.

  • @artsandcraftsideasshowinga5121
    @artsandcraftsideasshowinga5121 Місяць тому +1

    They don’t want motorists, cycling in Sheffield will never be a big thing it’s too hilly.

  • @SimonsGimbalChannel
    @SimonsGimbalChannel Місяць тому

    Hi Tim.
    Great video as always. But what a mess they have made there with all that. Think it's going to be dangerous really. As you say in the video can be very easily grid locked now round there. Just more money wasted on something that could have beem put to better use in the city.

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому +1

      Hi Simon its making it less safe for road bikers as cars can't pass now they have narrowed the rd. Also the Grey to Green will obstruct views. Best Tim

    • @SimonsGimbalChannel
      @SimonsGimbalChannel Місяць тому

      @@timawells totaly agree. And thanks you too Tim.

    • @j.w.smeenk7248
      @j.w.smeenk7248 Місяць тому

      Grappig hoe ik als Nederlander naar zo’n video kijk. Uiteraard zijn we deze rotondes gewend in Nederland. In Engeland wekken ze nu nog wat ergernis op. Maar deze rotondes werken prima. En uiteindelijk zul je merken dat er meer verkeer door je stad gaat. Minder uitlaatgassen, stiller en veel veiliger. Het is even wennen. Naar uiteindelijk gaat het echt werken. Maar ik geniet optimaal van zo’n zuur filmpje. Maak er meer van!

    • @timawells
      @timawells  Місяць тому

      @@j.w.smeenk7248 Its supposed to be an industrial city, you don't understand our heritage.

    • @j.w.smeenk7248
      @j.w.smeenk7248 Місяць тому

      @@timawells Uiteraard kan een industriële omgeving ook uitstekend combineren met een goede mobiliteit infrastructuur. En dat zonder de authenticiteit van weleer geweld aan te doen. In Nederland doen we dat overal. Ik raad je aan eens het kanaal van “Not just bikes” op youtube te bekijken. Misschien kom je dan ook tot andere inzichten. Zo niet, jammer dan. Uiteraard geniet ik van je video’s.