Rotherham town centre road improvement scheme official opening

The junction formally known as the Pool Green Roundabout has been renamed  New York Junction after a long-running scheme to install a crossroads and traffic lights.

An opening ceremony will be held tomorrow featuring children Ferham Primary School and Thornhill Primary School, who will bury time capsules.

The New York Junction scheme involved the removal of the roundabout and pedestrian subways and replaced them with a traffic signal controlled junction that will allow extra capacity for traffic movements on the A630 Centenary Way to meet increased traffic needs, both now and in the future.

The scheme cost approximately £5.1 million which was funded through the Department of Transport's Pinch Point Fund and the European Regional Development Fund.

Pedestrian crossing facilities have replaced subways, allowing people safe access on foot between the town centre and Masbrough.

New landscaping schemes, including 32 new trees and 40,000 bulbs, will also be planted to help enhance the ecology of the area.