So What Do You Think?
With the result of the consultation held by Highways England last
summer into various congestion busting schemes for sections of the A27 expected at any time, the letters page of
the local press has sprung to life with numerous bizarre suggestions’ on how to
solve traffic chaos.
Our present favourite is the plan by a reader of the
Worthing Herald for ‘Having a flyover right
through Worthing’. See:
The plan it seems is to build a new
section of A27 above the existing road, a sort of double deck road starting at
Offington roundabout and returning to earth east of Lyons Farm. A distance of
some 1.8 miles.
The advantage of such a scheme the
author suggests would ‘allow the through traffic to travel at up to 60mph’. It is also suggested ‘Faster moving traffic causes less air
pollution’.
Unfortunately the author omits any
design features such as how many lanes the upper deck would have or how
emergency vehicles would gain access in the event of a collision. There is however a
suggestion that such a scheme ‘avoids encroaching on anyone’s land’ giving the impression there’s no emergency exit
for 1.8 miles.
So what do you think reader’s. Ok then I’ll start things off. How would you like 60mph traffic whizzing pass your
property at about bedroom height? But I’m sure the Editor at letters@worthingherald.co.uk would
prefer to hear from you rather than us.
