Decision details

That the Head of Strategic Transport and Infrastructure approves the budget variation of £161,000 for the construction element of making a 1.2km footpath through Hutcliffe Wood into a cycle track. The scheme is funded by Section 106 contributions.

The funding is appropriate to the recommended scheme.

The upgraded path will have benefits to current and future users.

Sheffield City Council considered the following options in Millhouses Park. Though each met the criteria of the Section 106 funding, feasibility design highlighted significant problems with constructing them.

Option 1 – We considered widening the path through Millhouses Park to enable cyclists to share it with walkers. However, it is possible that works will be undertaken on the park to better manage flooding in the City. Such works would probably replace any existing infrastructure including the path that we had created.

Option 2 – We considered constructing a ramp up to Archer Road (at the end nearest to the City Centre). The ramp would enable people to cycle up to and down Archer Road as well as assisting people with limited mobility. However, along with the above flood management issue, we found that there was significant underground Yorkshire Water infrastructure at the location we chose for the ramp, which we would not be able to construct upon.