Community Action Group – United to improve our town
Broom Road & Wickersley Road — Residents Deserve a Proper Say
Who we are
We are Our Roads Our Voice — a community group representing residents of Broom Road and Wickersley Road in Rotherham. We support safer streets and active travel. What we are asking for is to be genuinely involved in decisions that affect our daily lives.
The issue
This is Stage 3 of an ongoing programme of road changes in the Rotherham area. Residents feel they have not been sufficiently or authentically involved in this, or previous stages — and that needs to change before Stage 3 goes any further.
Residents also feel that previous stages have left our roads in an unsafe condition. Specifically:
- Roads feel too narrow for two vehicles to pass safely
- Large vehicles such as lorries create genuinely dangerous situations on roads that residents feel have been made unnecessarily narrow
- Sightlines for drivers have worsened, making it harder to check safely for oncoming traffic
- Cycle lanes introduced in previous stages feel disconnected and residents feel they are virtually unused — meaning road capacity has been reduced without delivering the active travel benefits that were promised
Nobody has been asked to demonstrate whether previous stages delivered what they were supposed to. Yet Stage 3 is pressing ahead.
What we’re asking for
We are calling on RMBC and SYMCA to:
- Involve us before any decisions are made — not after. Residents must be genuinely consulted while plans can still be changed
- Show us the Equality Impact Assessment for Stage 3 — and confirm that one was carried out for previous stages
- Answer our concerns in writing — every concern raised by residents must receive a written response
- Demonstrate what previous stages were supposed to deliver — and provide evidence of whether those targets have been met and those benefits realised before committing further public money to Stage 3
This is not about blocking change. It’s about making sure change actually works — for everyone.
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Lead Petitioner:
Our Roads Our Voice Community Action Group | ✉️ admin@ourroadsourvoice.org
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