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Lorry fire closed A23 at Pyecombe yesterday afternoon.

The smoke was so thick .. photo by Eddie_Howland — “The smoke was so thick it could be seen from Burgess Hill.” [Photo by Eddie Howland.]

The Meridian report is headlined “firefighters on strike have to stop to attend A23 fire” although the text tells us that “crews who attended the incident today were not on strike”. Take your pick.

Happy on being environed with a great ditch (part II)

This is the second of two posts documenting the Operation Watershed drainage work that has now been (almost) completed by Edburton Contractors in Clappers Lane. The discovery of a sewage leak meant that one aspect of the work could not be continued. These photographs were taken on 21st June. Click any thumbnail image to scroll through the full set of larger versions.

If you missed it ..

Photos from last night’s LAMBS public meeting to discuss the Mayfield Horror (click on any thumbnail to scroll through larger versions).

You can listen to Nick Herbert and Nicholas Soames soundbites too.

There’s a full report here.

A27 Action Campaign

A campaign to:

improve the A27 trunk road junctions at Brighton;
create a new junction at Lancing;
improve the A27 Worthing and Lancing corridor;
create an A27 Arundel bypass;
improve A27/A26 access to Newhaven.
improve the A27 Fontwell junction; and
improve the six junctions on the A27 at Chichester.

More here and here.

Update 26th June: reports in the Eastbourne Herald and the Littlehampton Gazette.

In the blue zone

West Sussex County Council is about to reduce the budget of the fire and rescue service by £1.6m (just under 6% of the existing budget). There’s a consultation process and our own Parish Council will be holding a public meeting at 7:00pm on 10th July immediately before the scheduled PC meeting. If you plan to attend, you should probably read the glossy consultation document [PDF] in advance. Fire nerds will also want to look at the (much less glossy) equality impact report [PDF] in order to learn that the service estimates that the proposed changes will lead to three additional dwelling fire fatalities and £8m in additional property damage costs over the next century.