A27 East of Lewes Improvement scheme
Welcome Welcome to our public We hope that you will find the information exhibition on the information on display of interest. A27 East of Lewes Improvement scheme. Please take a look at the banners and maps and feel free We have been developing to ask any questions you may the preliminary design for the have to a member of our team. scheme and are pleased to be able to present these designs to you today. Why we need this scheme
The A27 between Lewes and ■■ Improve the safety for all Polegate suffers from congestion road users and as a consequence journey ■■ Support sustainable modes times are below average. Safety of travel is a problem throughout the A27 corridor and accidents and ■■ Reduce community separation incidents are a regular cause of and provide better access to long delays. Pedestrians, cyclists local services and facilities. and horse riders are also not ■■ Provide opportunities for fully catered for with insufficient improved accessibility for all crossing points and poor east- users into the South Downs west connections. National Park (SDNP) Aims ■■ Have regard to the National ■■ Smooth the flow of traffic Park purposes and the special by improving journey time qualities the SDNP authority reliability and reducing delay is seeking to preserve in on the section of the A27 East designing and evaluating of Lewes through small scale improvement options interventions
Overview map
A26 A22
Lewes Hailsham
A27 A22 Glynde
Beddingham West Firle A27 Selmeston Berwick Cophall roundabout
Alciston Polegate A27
A26 Berwick roundabout Gainsborough Polegate Shared use walking/cycling path Lane junction junction This map is a diagrammatic representation. Not to scale.
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The A27 East of Lewes improvements
The A27 East of Lewes scheme We presented the first phase comprises two phases of work. in March 2019 and are now presenting Phase 2.
Phase 1 Phase 2 (current)
Combined walking and cycling path Improvements to the Drusillas roundabout junction along the south side of the A27 between Firle and Polegate
Improvements to the Polegate traffic signal junction and the New and upgraded crossings at addition of traffic signals at the Gainsborough Lane junction Wilmington, Selmeston and Firle
Construction of a section of dual carriageway between the New path from Drusillas up to Polegate junction and Cophall roundabout. The dual carriageway Berwick station will be created by widening the existing section of road.
Changes to the East of Lewes improvement scheme
At Preferred Route Element of scheme Current status Announcement
Widening of existing roundabout Drusillas roundabout Included in scheme (Phase 1) and upgraded crossing facility
Polegate junction improvements Reconfiguration to provide Included in scheme (Phase 1) (Option 13) additional capacity
Dual carriageway between The dual carriageway will be Polegate junction and Cophall created by widening the existing Included in scheme (Phase 1) roundabout section of road
Walking and cycling path along Between Firle and Polegate with Included but will be delivered the south side of the A27 associated crossing points as Phase 2
Right turn facility removed. Wilmington junction Pegasus crossing and right turn Pegasus crossing moved closer improvements facility for access to The Street to the junction (Phase 2)
Modified to eliminate the need Junction improvement at Provide a signalised junction to acquire privately owned land Gainsborough Lane (Phase 1)
Blocks of tree planting west of Part of environmental mitigation Polegate and west of Drusillas Not included (Phase 1) roundabout
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Timeline
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Stage Option Identification: ■ Funding approved - November 2015 1 ■ Public consultation - October-December 2016
Stage Options Selection: 2 Preferred Route Announcement - September 2017
Stage Preliminary Design: 3 December 2017- February 2019
Stage Statutory procedures and powers: ■ Publish Draft orders for junctions May 2019 We are here 4 ■ Publish Draft orders walking/cycling path August 2019
Stage Detailed Design: 5 May 2019 - January 2020
Stage Construction: ■ Start of construction works - March 2020 6 ■ Open for traffic - March 2022
Stage 7 Closeout
The process The next step is to publish ■■ The Side Roads Order seeks orders for the scheme. This is legal powers to carry out the start of the process to obtain alterations to existing roads legal powers to allow us to build and accesses the scheme. ■■ The Compulsory Purchase Order seeks legal powers to Two types of order will be acquire the land necessary published: for the scheme evaluating improvement options
People directly affected by the orders will be contacted individually to inform them of the implications of the scheme and the next steps.
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