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Plans released for A57 safety scheme

Derbyshire County Council have now released details of how they plan to use the £7.6 million investment from the Department for Transport’s Safer Roads Fund, to improve the A57 Snake Pass.

The proposed safety improvements, subject to a detailed public consultation later this year, include:

🔷  Up to 10 average speed camera sites along the route, with speed limit reminder signs.

🔷  Improving the junction of the A57 and Manor Park Road in Glossop, to narrow the road and reduce the time it takes to cross the road.

🔷  Pedestrian crossing at the Dinting Vale viaduct, to provide a safer walking route for pedestrians to the railway station.

🔷  Advanced ‘road restraint’ safety barriers, designed to prevent motorcyclists sliding under existing safety barriers, to reduce potential injuries.

🔷  Anti-skid friction surfacing, at bends and existing collisions sites, to help minimise braking distances.

The funding is being split between Derbyshire (£6 million) and the Sheffield City Region (£1.6 million).

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