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West Sussex County Council are concluding stage one engagement/consultation over a controversial shared use urban pavement conversion schemes. A link the the consultation is available here https://yourvoice.westsussex.gov.uk/chichester-corridors The first part of the scheme aims to convert the pavement adjacent to the Northgate car park into a two way shared use cycle track. This will severely disadvantage people who have sensory impairment and particularly discriminate against elderly, disabled, dog owners (including people with guide dogs) and people with young families. The…

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Approaching Traffic from the A259 will have Inadequate Visibility of the Proposed Uncontrolled Crossing! The A259 is busy a trunk road and the proposed WoC uncontrolled crossing will be situated on a blind limb of the roundabout where Sherborne road joins the A259. The design has previously failed a safety audit over identical concerns. All that is proposed as a solution is to temporarily cut a few trees trees while ignoring all other relevant DfT guidance on highway visibility requirements…

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How The Community Have Been Misled (Particularly by County Council Highways Officers) Chichester residents have long held fears over the conversion of Westgate and Sherbourne Rd pavements to shared use cycle tracks. This issue has been of particular concern to disabled and visually impaired residents. Current plans for the 2nd stage of the 1600 home West of Chichester development includes designs for a controversial Southern Access Spine Road. This road will bring intense heavy traffic onto formerly quiet neighbourhood/school streets…

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On the 10 March 2023 Active Travel England justifiably awarded West Sussex authorities with a score of Zero to reflect their consistently poor support for active travel (walking & cycling). This Zero score recognises the absence of all three key ingredients (local leadership, ambition and capability) necessary for a local authority to make meaningful improvements that support walking and cycling. Out of the 79 UK authorities that Active Travel England assessed, only three others (Worcestershire, Rutland & Leicestershire) scored as…

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