Campaign stepped up for speed limit on Hurst road

The father of bubbly 17-year-old Zach O’Connor has returned to the lane where Zach died to campaign for traffic calming measures.

By The Newsroom

Published 15th Feb 2014, 16:55 BST

Malthouse Lane where there is currently a 60mph limit. Pic Steve Robards

John O’Connor returned to Malthouse Lane in Hurstpierpoint on Tuesday (February 4) nearly seven years after Zach, a back-seat passenger in a car. lost his life in an accident.

After another crash on the lane that resulted in a fatality last December, John told the Middy: “I’m not saying that a lower speed limit on Malthouse Lane would have prevented Zach’s death but perhaps it might have.”

John is campaigning with Caroline Arnold and others for a 40mph limit and they want West Sussex County Council to issue a Traffic Regulation Order as soon as posible.

See the full story in the Mid Sussex Times, published today (Thursday, February 6).

Hurst West Sussex County Council