A27 Arundel Bypass Public Consultation
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A27 Arundel Bypass Public consultation Have your say 22 August to 16 October 2017 A27 Arundel Bypass Introduction How to give us your About us views Contents This consultation is an opportunity for you to Highways England is the Government company comment on the future direction of the scheme, Introduction ............................................................................................................. 3 responsible for operating, maintaining and as we will review and consider all comments About us ................................................................................................................. 3 improving England’s major A roads and received before a preferred option is selected. motorways, which includes the A27 at Arundel Have your say ......................................................................................................... 3 Please tell us what you think by filling in the in West Sussex. How to find out more .............................................................................................. 3 questionnaire. How to give us your views ...................................................................................... 4 Have your say Your views will help us to decide on a preferred About the A27 Arundel Bypass .............................................................................. 4 option. Once it has been selected, the preferred Other A27 schemes in the Road Investment Strategy ............................................ 4 We are consulting on options to improve the option will then be designed in more detail and Why we need this scheme ...................................................................................... 5 A27 at Arundel, by replacing the existing single we will undertake further consultation. How people travel in the Worthing and Lancing area ............................................. 5 carriageway road with a new dual carriageway, Plans for improving alternative transport options .................................................... 6 linking together the 2 existing dual carriageway You can use the following methods to respond to sections either side of the town. the public consultation: Scheme objectives ................................................................................................. 6 Recognising the special nature of Arundel & the South Downs National Park ....... 7 We are at an early stage in the development of Options for the A27 Arundel Bypass .................................................................... 10 the scheme and want your views to help inform its Complete the questionnaire and send it Junction designs ................................................................................................... 10 future direction. to us at: Walking, cycling and horse riding ......................................................................... 10 FREEPOST A27 ARUNDEL How the options compare: traffic .......................................................................... 24 Inside this brochure you will find details of the 3 improvement options for the A27 at Arundel. How the options compare: benefits and impacts ................................................. 26 Visit our website and complete the This brochure also provides an explanation of how questionnaire online at: Objectives assessment ......................................................................................... 26 we have developed the options and why. To help www.highways.gov.uk/a27arundel Environmental appraisal ....................................................................................... 28 you consider your response, the key benefits and Environmental mitigation ....................................................................................... 30 impacts of each of the options are set out in a Compensatory woodland planting ........................................................................ 30 series of tables starting on page 26. Come to one of our public consultation Economic assessment .......................................................................................... 30 events where you can return your Costs and benefits ................................................................................................ 30 How to find out more completed questionnaire. Compliance with planning policies ....................................................................... 31 Public exhibitions .................................................................................................. 32 You can also find out more about the scheme at Or if you have any questions, or would like Locations to collect consultation material ............................................................. 32 our public exhibitions. We have arranged these in the information in a different format, please your area so that you can talk to members of the Planning consent .................................................................................................. 33 contact us by: project team. See page 32 for dates and venues. Your views are important ...................................................................................... 34 How will we use the feedback?............................................................................. 34 There are more scheme details in our Email: What happens after the public consultation? ........................................................ 34 technical reports on our website: A27ArundelBypass@ Another opportunity to have your say ................................................................... 34 highwaysengland.co.uk www.highways.gov.uk/a27arundel How to contact us ................................................................................................. 35 Annex: further information on history of A27 Arundel Bypass............................... 36 Telephone: 0300 123 5000 (24 hours) Rejected options ................................................................................................... 36 Historic options 1985-2015 ................................................................................... 36 More recently rejected options 2015-2017 ............................................................ 40 The consultation closes 11:59pm on 16 October 2017. 2 3 This corresponds to the 6 kilometre section of Chichester Bypass: Options to improve A27 Corridor Feasibility Study found that, About the A27 Arundel the A27 from the A284 Crossbush junction (east conditions at Chichester were consulted at Arundel, the A27 is already operating at of Arundel) to the west of Yapton Lane (west of on last year (July to September 2016). The 100%-150% capacity. Due to population Bypass Arundel). The A27 currently goes through the support and funding contribution from growth and increased economic activity in The A27 Arundel Bypass scheme is identified South Downs National Park and the town of local councils was vital to this scheme. The the region there will be more traffic using within the Government’s 2015-2020 Road Arundel passing over the River Arun and crossing withdrawal of support from local councils the A27 through Arundel in the future. Investment Strategy which states that England’s the railway line as shown in Figure 1. for the options put forward in the public strategic road network requires upgrading and consultation has contributed to a critical 3. On either side of Arundel, the A27 is a improving to ensure it can deliver the performance Other A27 schemes in lack of consensus. As such the scheme is dual-carriageway which has the capacity to needed to support the nation in the 21st century. no longer able to proceed. More details are carry existing traffic flows and is more able provided at: to cope with future traffic growth. However, A budget of between £100-£250 million has been the Road Investment the single carriageway section and junctions allocated to the scheme. It is part of a package of www.highways.gov.uk/a27chichester through Arundel do not cope with existing investments along the A27 corridor to increase its Strategy traffic. This often results in long queues of capacity and condition which includes schemes A27 East of Lewes: Although the A27 Arundel Bypass scheme Options for the A27 traffic approaching Arundel. at Worthing and Lancing and East of Lewes. is part of a wider programme of investment, East of Lewes scheme underwent public it is considered a standalone scheme and of consultation from October to December The scope of the A27 Arundel Bypass scheme 4. Due to congestion, some longer distance significant benefit to traffic, capable of being 2016. More information can be found at: described in the Road Investment Strategy is: traffic subsequently diverts away from the implemented independently. The current position www.highways.gov.uk/A27EastofLewes A27 to alternative routes which are less “The replacement of the existing single of the other A27 schemes is as follows: suited to high volumes of traffic. To the carriageway road with a dual carriageway bypass, north, this includes the B2139 through linking together the two existing dual carriageway A27 Worthing-Lancing improvements: the South Downs National Park and local sections of the road.” Consultation for this scheme is being undertaken this summer. More information villages and towns (Houghton, Amberley can be found at: and Storrington). The traffic disrupts the otherwise tranquil nature of the South Figure 1: Scope of scheme www.highways.gov.uk/a27Worthing-and-