Two weeks of A27 misery starts tonight (From The Argus)

What a stupid diversion. Why is traffic not being sent down Dyke Road to the station and down North Road to the A23 and along the seafront from the pier?
It also avoids all the new unnecessary lights by the former Bedford Hotel which seem to purposely turn red just to delay traffic and create artificial congestion.

What the wonderful Argus comveniently forgets to mention in the above article, is that the closure is only between 8pm and 6am each night.

So the "two weeks of A27 misery" will in fact affect only a relatively small number of drivers, well outside of normal rush hour traffic times.

A more thorough journalist would have (i) included these times and (ii) researched how many cars would have been affected as a proportion of normal daily traffic flow.

But no, a negative, overhyped headline always wins over the facts doesn't it?

Full details of all road works are on the weekly Highways Agency press release if you wish to get facts from the horse's mouth: http://www.highways.
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made up wrote:
What a stupid diversion. Why is traffic not being sent down Dyke Road to the station and down North Road to the A23 and along the seafront from the pier?
It also avoids all the new unnecessary lights by the former Bedford Hotel which seem to purposely turn red just to delay traffic and create artificial congestion.

Spot on same at the bottom of east street on the sea front automatic crossing lights... as you say to create artificial congestion... exactaly what they are creating with the lewes road bus lane ... stuck in traffic blame the greens

brightonbunny wrote:
What the wonderful Argus comveniently forgets to mention in the above article, is that the closure is only between 8pm and 6am each night.

So the "two weeks of A27 misery" will in fact affect only a relatively small number of drivers, well outside of normal rush hour traffic times.

A more thorough journalist would have (i) included these times and (ii) researched how many cars would have been affected as a proportion of normal daily traffic flow.

But no, a negative, overhyped headline always wins over the facts doesn't it?

Full details of all road works are on the weekly Highways Agency press release if you wish to get facts from the horse's mouth: http://www.highways.

gov.uk/news/press-re

leases/weekly-summar

y-of-roadworks-in-ke

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This story is a follow-up from Saturday's front page lead: http://www.theargus.
co.uk/news/10294583.
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This is a reminder story.

brightonbunny wrote:
What the wonderful Argus comveniently forgets to mention in the above article, is that the closure is only between 8pm and 6am each night. So the "two weeks of A27 misery" will in fact affect only a relatively small number of drivers, well outside of normal rush hour traffic times. A more thorough journalist would have (i) included these times and (ii) researched how many cars would have been affected as a proportion of normal daily traffic flow. But no, a negative, overhyped headline always wins over the facts doesn't it? Full details of all road works are on the weekly Highways Agency press release if you wish to get facts from the horse's mouth: http://www.highways. gov.uk/news/press-re leases/weekly-summar y-of-roadworks-in-ke nt-and-sussex-saturd ay-16-march-sunday-2 4-march-2013/

Thanks Brightonbunny, I learnt more from your comment than from The Argus report. Not that I'm at all surprised by that as the level of journalism on our 'local' paper is consistently appalling.

Sarah Booker Lewis wrote:

brightonbunny wrote:
What the wonderful Argus comveniently forgets to mention in the above article, is that the closure is only between 8pm and 6am each night.

So the "two weeks of A27 misery" will in fact affect only a relatively small number of drivers, well outside of normal rush hour traffic times.

A more thorough journalist would have (i) included these times and (ii) researched how many cars would have been affected as a proportion of normal daily traffic flow.

But no, a negative, overhyped headline always wins over the facts doesn't it?

Full details of all road works are on the weekly Highways Agency press release if you wish to get facts from the horse's mouth: http://www.highways.


gov.uk/news/press-re


leases/weekly-summar


y-of-roadworks-in-ke


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This story is a follow-up from Saturday's front page lead: http://www.theargus.

co.uk/news/10294583.

Two_weeks_of_misery_

on_A27/

This is a reminder story.

Thanks Sarah, but as I hadn't seen Saturday's article (where the exact closure times were mentioned) how would I have known about them?

Surely as Argus Web Editor, you need to ensure that articles published here "stand alone" with the key facts needed by the reader.

All you needed to add was "between 8pm and 6am" at the end of the second paragraph and the whole slant and impact of the story to individual readers would be changed.

Ultimately all you needed to provide was what your readers need to drive home tonight. TIMES of closures are essential and the negative, "sensational" headline is not.

brightonbunny wrote:

Sarah Booker Lewis wrote:

brightonbunny wrote:
What the wonderful Argus comveniently forgets to mention in the above article, is that the closure is only between 8pm and 6am each night.

So the "two weeks of A27 misery" will in fact affect only a relatively small number of drivers, well outside of normal rush hour traffic times.

A more thorough journalist would have (i) included these times and (ii) researched how many cars would have been affected as a proportion of normal daily traffic flow.

But no, a negative, overhyped headline always wins over the facts doesn't it?

Full details of all road works are on the weekly Highways Agency press release if you wish to get facts from the horse's mouth: http://www.highways.



gov.uk/news/press-re



leases/weekly-summar



y-of-roadworks-in-ke



nt-and-sussex-saturd



ay-16-march-sunday-2



4-march-2013/

This story is a follow-up from Saturday's front page lead: http://www.theargus.


co.uk/news/10294583.


Two_weeks_of_misery_


on_A27/

This is a reminder story.

Thanks Sarah, but as I hadn't seen Saturday's article (where the exact closure times were mentioned) how would I have known about them?

Surely as Argus Web Editor, you need to ensure that articles published here "stand alone" with the key facts needed by the reader.

All you needed to add was "between 8pm and 6am" at the end of the second paragraph and the whole slant and impact of the story to individual readers would be changed.

Ultimately all you needed to provide was what your readers need to drive home tonight. TIMES of closures are essential and the negative, "sensational" headline is not.

The interactive map also provides full information. However, as readers have taken exception I have added the times to this follow up now.

I agree that is an awful omission by the Argus. I was almost put-off making an A27 trip shortly due to the sloppy reporting - glad I checked back.

My crystal ball lacks optimism and shows me the overnight works will overrun causing major delays the next day, cost more, take longer and accomplish less than intended. Hope not. I shall, however, remain incredibly optimistic about all such road works.
What could go wrong?

Could have been worse. The closure could have been scheduled from 8am to 6pm.

Well said 'brightonbunny' with all your sensible comments.