Future of transport in West Sussex drawn up (From The Argus)

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Future of transport in West Sussex drawn up

9:30am Tuesday 1st March 2011 in News By Ruth Lumley

A blueprint for the future of transport in West Sussex has been published.

The Transport Plan, which covers the period 2011 to 2026, has been produced by West Sussex County Council after extensive consultation with communities and stakeholders.

The document, which was approved by full council last month sets out aims for improvements to the transport system across each district and borough.

The plan also details the council's long-term strategy, looking at issues and challenges facing transport over the next 15 years.

Councillor Lionel Barnard, Deputy Leader with responsibility for Highways and Transport, said: “This is an important document which realistically sets out where we are and where we would like to be with transport in the county.

“It comes at a time when we are experiencing heavy cuts to our funding. This means we have to prioritise and adapt while at the same time working towards important improvements and developments to keep West Sussex moving.”

Top priorities are improvements to the A27 at Chichester, Arundel and Worthing, programmed improvements to the A23 between Handcross and Warninglid, maintaining the condition of the roads and continuing to work with communities to improve road safety, provide access to services and encourage healthy and sustainable travel.

The plan is available to download at www.westsussex.gov.uk/ltp.

Comments(6)

Stu says...
11:28am Tue 1 Mar 11

It's all very well putting down in print what we all already knew, but when will they start lobbying parliament for the funding to do the necessary improvements? Probably never is my guess, as they know the answer will be that there is no money available. If we're lucky, all we will get out of this is a few cycle/bus lanes, and more traffic lights, speed humps and pedestrian crossings slowing the traffic down. I don't believe anything will ever be done about the A27 or West Coastway in my lifetime, but if they are serious about these proposals they need to start the ball rolling straight away. Even if they do this, based on the current track record it will still be at least 10 years before anything happens to the A27. Why not a privately funded toll road? I'd be quite happy to pay not to drive through Worthing...