Both carriageways of the A27 will be closed between the junctions with the A293 and the A270, due to roadworks, between 8:00pm and 5:00am, from 11th April 2014 to 13th April 2014. The A27 is also closed overnight in Worthing until the 13th April. Slightly more information here.
Category: Transport
Buses, availability of local access roads and main roads used by local residents: A23, A27, A281, A283, A287, A2037, etc.
Not to be conflated with ‘Highways’ which deals with the condition of the local access roads and is a constant topic of the Parish Council.
Cycling from Shoreham
As from the beginning of this month, mountain bikes can be hired in Shoreham as well as at Hassocks. A visitor to Fulking can arrive at Shoreham by train, walk to AOAC, hire a heavily subsidised mountain bike, cycle north on the Downs Link, then turn east on the South Downs Way. Such a route avoids the road system almost entirely.
Wrong way
The Argus reports:
A pensioner has been arrested after driving up to five miles the wrong way down the A27. The 74-year-old from Brighton was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving at 6.40am this morning (Wednesday 2nd). .. An officer travelling on the westbound carriageway managed to get him to stop east of the Kingston roundabout.
There’s a catch, of course.
Bomb squad on Clayton Hill
The Argus reports that workmen found a mortar buried on Clayton Hill. The Army blew it up yesterday. The A273 was closed and trains were delayed.
A24 — A27 — A23
The charming rural hamlet of Fulking is conveniently located between three of the top ten main roads in the country — the A27 (ranked 5), the A24 (ranked 7) and the A23 (ranked 9). More here.
Speeding in Beeding [update]
More talk.
A place to park
The Shoreham Herald reports:
Just three schools in the whole of Shoreham, Southwick, Steyning and Upper Beeding are currently covered by a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO). Despite the majority of schools using School Keep Clear (SKC) markings near entrance gates, the rest have no TRO, meaning the police cannot take any action if people park on them. West Sussex county councillor Robin Rogers has led a lengthy campaign since he found out in 2009 that all but 10% of SKC were totally unenforceable.
A TRO does currently apply to Upper Beeding Primary.
Highways A23gency
Drainage works at Randolph’s Copse:
Work is currently programmed from 10 March until the end of May. The works are located on the A23 between its junctions with Patcham Interchange and the B2117 to the north of Brighton.
Lighting relocation, Hickstead–Bolney–Pease Pottage
The work will all be carried out overnight and involve carriageway and lane closures. It is expected to be completed on the morning of Thursday 17 April.
These works are additional to the “major improvements” to the A23 that local readers will already be very familiar with.
A283 delays for twenty weeks
The West Sussex Gazette reports:
Roadworks begin on the A283 to create a new right-turn for a new housing development in Sullington. The junction improvements are expected to last for 20 weeks, finishing around August 3. The works are in Storrington Road, between Water Lane and Hampers Lane. Two-way signals will be in operation 24-hours a day, with manual control to manage traffic flows at peak times.