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We have received notification about changes to the status of the A29. This has come about due to discussion between the Ministry of Transport, Highways and West Sussex CC, it seems. We have only received this news through a WSCC Councillor. It does look as though there is an intention to keep this low key! There was a short -rather irritated – piece about this in the recent Pulborough Parish Magazine from their PC Chairman.

The intention/proposal is to change the status of the A29 from a “local lorry route” to one of “National Heavy Goods vehicle” route. This will have the result of increasing HGV use of the A29  between Horsham and the South Coast. None of the towns and villages along the route appear to have been informed. There is a map ( to download) which shows the current lorry routes across the County; it is possible to imagine what the new one will look like and its effect at various points between Adversane and Fontwell.

Advisory Lorry Map [web]-3

The Scheme is now live for our three villages. The Police have signed off the two sites for the operation in Coldwaltham and Watersfield, as “approved” and we are hoping to get a site approved within the 40mph section of the A29 in Bury.

We have eight volunteers, but will need more, as it will be important to ‘spread the load’ across each village.

If you would like to join the Scheme, please go to the web site noted above and have a look at the way that it operates. There are now more than 500 groups across the South East. It is required that volunteers do a little bit of ‘training and testing” before they are officially signed up; this can all be done on line, at home.

If you wish to get in touch with me to volunteer your services, please contact our Parish Clerk, via the Parish Council, who will put you in touch. E-mail is the quickest way to find me.

We shall probably begin operations in July, so you might like to warn friends and visitors that we are going to do this, on a regular basis. Until then, I hope that we will be do some “practice” observations to see that we can  track both speeds and recognise car (and bike) registration plates. We have a very neat “radar” to do this.

This does not mean that the Police radar “Van” will cease operations, but their presence is inevitably limited, so we will be operating at different times of the day to complement this.

The Parish Council has supported the purchase of this equipment, and we are hoping to gain some additional funding from SDNP.

We hope this scheme will also support the work of our School Crossing operator in persuading drivers that “Speed Limits” are there for everyone’s safety.

John Evans

Coordinator/Volunteer.