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City is 'saved' from new A27 BY KELLY WICKHAM kelly.wickham@sussexpost.co.uk AN A27 action group has said Chichester has been saved from two bad options for the road. Highways England confirmed yesterday it had rejected options put forward for the A27 by the Build a Better A27 group. THe Summersdale A27 Action Group was not happy with the options put forward for the A27 and now claims the
city has had a lucky escape. Gavin Barrett, from the group, said: "Chichester has, for the foreseeable future, been spared the destructive effects of two bad options for the A27. "THe authoritative research on urban bypasses by the Campaign for Rural England has demonstrated that bypasses tend to reduce economic activity. "THis at a time when the already fragile economy of Chichester is facing sustained structural set-backs. "It is little wonder that the community
made its feelings known at Highways England and the Department for Transport. I, for one, salute once again the professionalism shown by Highways England. "Modest enhancements to the existing A27 as envisaged in the sensible District Plan will deliver enough benefit to Chichester." In a separate statement, the A27 Alliance yesterday questioned what had been achieved by county council expenditure of £100,000 on employing consultants
SYSTRA when 'neither of their deliverable’ options were considered workable or affordable by Highways England'. THe Alliance - ‘a group of parish councils and residents associations dedicated to getting the best Chichester bypass solution’ - said “it had warned rejecting RIS1 (a long-term vision for England's motorways and major roads between 2015 to 2020) funding in the hope of a more expensive scheme was a huge gamble that was never likely to succeed”. See page three
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