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Busy A27 interchange works to be explained at a public exhibition this weekend
DRIVERS, business owners and local people can find out more about a road improvement scheme that will start on the A27, near Arundel, next month.
The work will take place at the Crossbush interchange, where the A27 meets the A284 Lyminster Road for Littlehampton. Two exhibitions to show the proposals to the public are being held this Friday and Saturday.
Embankments will be strengthened, signs, lighting columns and safety barriers will be replaced, and the whole interchange will be resurfaced with a new, safer road surface. The improvements follow resurfacing work carried out earlier this year on the A27 nearby, between Crossbush and the Causeway Roundabout.
Work will start on Monday 5 March for five weeks, and will be carried out using a contraflow across the junction.
People are being invited to find out what it will mean for them at exhibitions being held on Friday and Saturday this week.
Peter Scott, Highways Agency project leader, said: “Hopefully people will already have noticed the improved road surface that we have already installed on the A27 between the Causeway Roundabout and the Crossbush interchange.
“This important work will extend the new road surface across the Crossbush interchange itself, with extra skid-resistance and upgraded signs, lighting and barriers to help improve safety further.
“We have planned the work carefully to keep disruption to an absolute minimum, but there will be some traffic restrictions across the interchange throughout the project, because we also need to strengthen some embankments at the roadside.
“I’d encourage anyone who will be affected by the scheme to come along to one of our exhibitions to find out more about the work, and what they can do to stay ahead of the traffic.”
The exhibitions are being held at the Crossbush Premier Inn, on Crossbush Lane, on Friday (24 February) between 5pm and 8pm, and on Saturday (25 February) between 9am and 1pm. Information about the scheme will be on display, and members of the project team will be on hand to answer questions.
Work itself will start one week later, on Monday 5 March. The westbound carriageway of the A27 through the junction will be closed during the work, and a contraflow will be set up on the eastbound carriageway to keep the road open to traffic in both directions at all times.
The contraflow will be set up during the first week, using minimal traffic restrictions, such as slightly narrowed lanes, and will then be in place 24 hours a day for the next four weeks.
The work will be carried out 24 hours a day wherever possible, with strict controls on noise overnight. Trees and vegetation will be removed from the embankments being strengthened, which are on both sides of the A27 on the western approach to the roundabout.
A bus stop within the work area will be relocated slightly further along the A27 for the duration of the embankment repair work. A reduced 40mph speed limit will be in place at all times.
All restrictions will be removed before the Easter weekend bank holiday, and crews will return from Tuesday 10 April, completing the last remaining resurfacing work using temporary lane closures, and all work is expected be complete by Sunday 15 April.
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