I support the Chichester District Council's support (along with West Sussex County Council) for a northern by-pass alignment as a preferred option (see section 5.24, p78) but I feel that a little clarification is needed where this section of the Plan refers to a southern route as a reasonable alternative to confirm that this is an 'on-line' option on the route of the existing southern by-pass rather than a separate alignment further south still. I would also add that Chichester residents should be fully engaged in future consultation with Highways England (and in turn with Chichester DC and WSCC on their behalf) in the design issues and environmental impacts concerning junction improvements at the key roundabouts on the southern bypass. I feel that any left exit only options at current roundabouts would be detrimental to local residents by encouraging rat running along Kingsham Road, Kingsham Ave,Terminus Rd and Quarry Lane and result in 'traffic churn' and potentially worsen congestion on the southern by-pass where west heading traffic is compelled to head to the next roundabout to the east before coming all the way back to their 'starting point' before continuing an onward westwards journey. I felt that the Highways England consultation with local residents did not provide a fair cost comparison of a northern route with a fully engineered 'on-line' grade separated/ 'hamburger' style roundabout option and I would like to see consideration of a single carriageway, through traffic only, option for a northern route; perhaps a solution along the lines of the Bognor Regis Relief Road. After all, the HE traffic user analysis told us that the majority of A27 bypass users represented local traffic as opposed to through traffic. If this analysis is flawed and the majority is through traffic then a dual carriageway northern option should be considered.