Winchester drivers facing perfect storm of closures

Drivers in and around Winchester in Hampshire will have 17 National Highways road closures to watch out for this week, six of which are expected to cause delays of up to 30 minutes. The latest expected works list, with notes from National Highways, shows that two closures already in place are expected to carry on this week, […]

Newly-named A27 bridge opens for traffic

The multi-million-pound scheme, to tackle congestion, support local economic development and housing growth in Lewes, East Sussex is being commemorated with an open for traffic event this coming Friday.   The A27 between Lewes and Polegate suffered below average journey times with accidents and incidents a regular cause of long delays has received a host of improvements along the stetch to […]

Plans to improve the A27 between Worthing and Lancing go on show

Plans to improve journeys for drivers by upgrading key junctions along the A27 through Worthing and Lancing in West Sussex have been unveiled. Drivers, businesses and local people are being encouraged to have their say on the proposals in a six-week public consultation, which runs until 19 March.   The proposals for Worthing and Lancing form […]

New consultation starts on A27 Arundel bypass

National Highways has confirmed details of the supplementary consultation into proposals for the A27 Arundel bypass and is encouraging everyone interested to have their say on updated information. The four-week consultation (16 November to 16 December 2022) will give people the opportunity to have their say on the latest changes to the project that have […]

18 tonnes of rubbish collected from the A27

A clean-up of the A27 earlier this month by the Brighton & Hove Council Cityclean team removed 18 tonnes of litter, fly tip and silt from the road. The clean-up took place over five nights, finishing on Tuesday 4 October. It covered the central reservation and verges on the 5 miles of road between Dyke […]

MP calls for all-options review of A27 bypass plans

The MP for Chichester has written to National Highways demanding an ‘all-options’ consultation on the A27 Chichester Bypass Scheme which would mean a northern bypass would be considered. The website Sussex World reports Gillian Keegan has written to National Highways chief executive Nick Harris saying ‘recent levels of engagement on this issue have been disappointing’ […]

A27 East of Lewes upgrade nears finish with new milestone reached

As a £75m project that will transform journeys on one of the South East of England’s most vital roads nears completion, the scheme has reached another important milestone this week. A27 East of Lewes is one of a package of four schemes to reduce congestion on the road between Lewes and Polegate which suffers below […]

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