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Update ChiCycle have reworked Jubb drawing No SK_C019 to show a modified version of Option2 (the Paul Wreyford Concept). We have some doubts about the design because it may increase congestion for motor-vehicle users but it does leave a viable/direct/convenient cycle and walking route intact along Westgate. The motor traffic figures the developers rely on to justify their choice of Option1A, require a substantial modal shift towards walking and cycling. This is not a realistic expectation because the Option1A solution…

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ChiCycle toolkit for commenting/objecting to CDC planning application 22/01485/OUTEIA (this is work in progress so please be patient) If you agree that we must prioritise quality of life for existing residents and enhance the local environment by reducing motor vehicle traffic travelling through our sensitive residential neighbourhoods, then please use the following resources to criticise/oppose these plans to route heavy traffic onto Westgate and Sherborne-Rd. The following material is designed as a convenient reference for anyone wishing to object or…

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Although the outline application plans include some provisions or walking and cycling, cycle routes to the West of the city will be made unusable or extremely inconvenient to ride at a number of key locations. This will break the connection of National Cycle Route No2 (South Coast Cycle Route) through the west of the city. This will end cycling aa practical, convenient form of transit in the west of Chichester and along the coast to Fishbourne and Bosham. Quiet roads…

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On the 25/03/2022 Carley Sitwell sent data she had collected from traffic counts she made on the northern Westgate pavement. Carley collected tremendously useful data that shows pedestrian flows regularly exceed the 300 people per hour maximum considered acceptable for shared use cycle-ways by DfT LTN1/20 guidelines for cycle infrastructure design (paragraph 6.5.7) As student leave Bishop Luffa school in the afternoon, there are high flows or pedestrians, often exceeding 350 people per hour. Over the hour period MONDAY March…

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Refusal by West Sussex County Council (WSCC) to agree to cap legal costs leaves it prohibitively expensive to pursue a community claim to keep safe footways at Westgate/Sherborne-Rd. Map Link https://www.google.com/maps/@50.835739,-0.793768,17z Legal action to preserve safe community pavements: Update, January 2022. On behalf of ChiCycle, solicitor Alice Goodenough has sent a letter of complaint to WSCC dated 27 January 2022. This letter is available on this link (Letter HG to Council complaint 27.01.22). The County Council has refused to agree…

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In the image below, residents illustrate what it will be like to have bikes rounding this blind North East quadrant of pavement at the Westgate/Sherbourne-Rd mini-roundabout. In the image below, residents line up on the blind corner at the South Eastern quadrant of pavement going past a busy osteopathy clinic who’s driveways will be blind to approaching cyclists. Local Groups are Supporting Mark Record (Secretory of ChiCycle) in a Legal Challenge against the Conversion of the Pavements into Shared Use…

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On the 29th November 2021 WSCC formally announced the decision to convert sections of unsuitably narrow Westgate pavement into shared use cycle tracks, HT12 21/22. Details are also currently accessible directly from WSCC here. During the statutory consultation, which also involved a number of changes to the highway in other locations away from Westgate,  only five supportive comments were submitted and 30 objections were received which have been summarised in Appendix C to the report (this document also includes Comments…

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Second Update WSCC replied to ChiCycle’s FOI request FOI/3119 ChiCycle’s original questions appear in black type. WSCC responses appear in blue type. ChyCycle comments regarding the responses are shown in red type. The biggest bombshell revelation is answer No 11! WSCC claim to have engaged with an organisation that disbanded 8 years ago. It is not clear how this would be possible without a time machine. Dear Mark Record, Our Ref: FOI/3119 On 24/11/2021 you made the following request for information,…

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