Your questions to an official from the Highways Agency

10:50am Wednesday 30th January 2013 in News

This month’s snow and ice epidemic has crippled our roads and carriageways.

This is your chance to question the person responsible for the maintenance of Sussex’s roads, including the deployment of gritters and reaction to emergency incidents.

Were you one of the unlucky drivers who abandoned their car on the A27 this week?

Or were you unable to get to where you needed to be because of blocked roads?

Send in your questions for this week's Your Interview to ben.leo@theargus.co.uk or call 01273 544 682

See the latest news headlines from The Argus:

More news from The Argus

Follow @brightonargus

Daily Echo on Facebook - facebook.com/southerndailyecho Like us on Facebook

Google+ Add us to your circles on Google+

Comments(7)

tooned_in says...
5:09pm Mon 28 Jan 13

Have to be honest I was very impressed how all the main roads were gritted had no problem driving into london, but about time we saw some resurfacing for our road tax rather than 2 blokes turn up and just randomly splat tarmac in a hole pat down and go home...

Report this post »

Algeria Touchshriek says...
7:43pm Mon 28 Jan 13

Can you tell me why the A23 roadworks closed shop on Dec 20th to Jan 7th?

Why such long holidays when there is rarely snow and ice over that period.

If you didn't give roadworkers such long holidays at Easter (x 2) and this coming Christmas as well you could have the road finished 2 months earlier thus easing the horrible journey for commuters!!

I do not begrudge any worker a holiday, but nearly a month off over Christmas? Ridiculous. Blooming ridiculous.

Report this post »

BrightonHoveboy says...
8:56pm Mon 28 Jan 13

When a company digs the road up , why is there no "warranty" system in place whereby the company is held to account for not leaving the road in the condition it was before they started digging it up? These companies dig up a perfectly good road and then when it comes to replacing the road surface they plonk some tarmac on the road and seemingly flatten it with a pitchfork, because the surface may just as well be a ploughed field. Why is this allowed? We pay horrendous fees to use the roads and then have to pay to repair them due to the people responsible doing nothing to correcdt them

Report this post »

Cycling commuter says...
11:27am Tue 29 Jan 13

Why has the A27 roadworks in Lancing over run so badly? Wouldn't having more than a few people working on it at any time speed up the process. The most people I've seen there is 10, and only 2 of those were doing anything!

Report this post »

bug eye says...
11:28am Wed 30 Jan 13

why spend so much on more and more confusing congestion causing traffic light systems that never work properly when the roads themselves are clearly not fit for purpose? A four and half hour journey from ditchling to brighton last week clearly is dangerous for road users and incompetence on the highways behalf. all policies seem to be for the sole purpose of causing congestion and poillution probably in the name of health and safety. we all know it is not working so try something else, declutter and give back all road users their own responsibility, shared space, roundabouts and zebra crossings.

Report this post »

Ballroom Blitz says...
12:45pm Wed 30 Jan 13

Why is it still commonplace to see roadworks around the town, normally a lane closed, with no one working on them even though it's a working day?
They seem to be mostly used for storing heavy equipment.
Given this, why do many of the roads in Brighton resemble a patchwork quilt? Why isn't full resurfacing EVER carried out?
Lastly, why isn't major roadwork in the city done at night, as it is on the continent?

Report this post »

Number Six says...
1:07pm Wed 30 Jan 13

Why was worked stopped on the A27 roadworks for two weeks over Christmas. Surely that would be the time that would cause least congestion.

Why were drainage works carried out at all when the A27 around Chichester is subject to horrendous flooding

Report this post »

click2find

About cookies

We want you to enjoy your visit to our website. That's why we use cookies to enhance your experience. By staying on our website you agree to our use of cookies. Find out more about the cookies we use.

I agree