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Sheffield City Council have announced that Streets Ahead work in the Stocksbridge area has been brought forward by two years with work now due to start next year. It has been decided to bring the work from the 2017 Streets Ahead zones forward, which include the Stocksbridge local road network.The council says that the decision does not have any adverse impact on the overall Streets Ahead programme and that it will provide better value for money and get the work done two years earlier than originally scheduled.

Part of the M1 in Sheffield is to be closed overnight as maintenance work is carried out on the Tinsley Viaduct. Work on the two-tier bridge, which carries the M1 over the A631, will mean the closure of both carriageways at junction 34. The Highways Agency expects work to be completed by 14 March and warns of some delays. It believes that the work will reduce the need for future emergency repairs and lane closures.