New push for A27 improvements

RENEWED efforts to improve transport generally across West Sussex are being made following a meeting between Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert and cabinet member Lt Col Tex Pemberton at County Hall on Friday.

By The Newsroom

Published 27th Nov 2007, 15:00 BST

Updated 8th Jun 2018, 03:38 BST

In addition, they are to seek a joint meeting with the Minister of State for Transport, Rosie Winterton, to stress the urgent need for improvements to the A27. Nine out of 10 businesses surveyed by Sussex Enterprise say that improvements to the A27 are essential to the local economy.

Mr Herbert also pointed out that congestion on the A27 was another reason why West Sussex Primary Care Trust's plans to downgrade local A&E departments could not be contemplated.

Since he became MP for Arundel and South Downs in 2005, Mr Herbert has been fighting hard for local transport improvements, especially to the A27 at Arundel.

Plans for a new bypass around Arundel were first formulated in 1985, but the bypass will not be in the regional roads programme until 2016 at the earliest.

For full story see West Sussex Gazette November 28