IT has taken two years and £4 million to show that The Star and our readers were right to condemn traffic management changes in Woodseats.
A new survey shows thousands of motorists have given up trying to drive through the area. But journey times have still risen dramatically.
It can take a frustrating 18 minutes to cover just over two miles. That is an unacceptable burden to place o
n the people of Sheffield.
Some changes are proposed but these merely to tinker with the scheme.
We need real change in Woodseats and a change of heart by planners.
They justify business and motorists' misery by saying bus journeys have improved. But statistics do not support this argument.
This is a disastrous scheme thatshould never have neen implementedon on a main route in to the city.
Tragedy cannot be undone by changeANOTHER inquiry into the death of a neglected child, another Social Services scandal.
It is sometimes unfair to castigate health and social workers for failing to pick up on the cruelty of devious and manipulative parents.
But in the case of three-year-old Tiffany Wright who died in absolute squalor in a bedroom above the Scarbrough Arms in Upperthorpe there are no mitigating circumstances.
Of course Sabrina and Robert Hirst concealed their vile deeds with lies and plausible excuses, but the alarm had already been raised by a midwife.
A report into the case has recommended changes in procedure and better communication.
That's too late to help Tiffany but more vigilance and safeguards must protect our vulnerable children.
Swede memories!PETER Wigley wants to trace two Swedish girls in the Sheffield film that starts the Full Monty.
Good luck to him. Let's hope time has been as kinder to them than the coal and steel industries depicted in the film!
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