Comment

Draft Interim Policy Statement for Housing Development

Representation ID: 3624

Received: 06/07/2020

Respondent: Mr Nicholas Boyd

Representation Summary:

Enlarge the A286 before building more houses. Upgrade sewerage infrastructure.

Full text:

• The A286 road, between West Wittering etc and Chichester, is so narrow that anyone cycling holds up Cars, Lorries and Emergency Vehicles indefinitely when there are cars coming in the other direction.

• Due to the popularity of cycling; stimulated by British success at the Olympics and Tour de France; there are many more colourful Cyclists on the road.

• When there are young children of 4 or so, are on the road on their tiny bikes; cycling in convoy with their protective parents; they actually slow the slew of cars behind them almost to crawl.

• PROPOSAL: Surely no more building should take place on the Manhood Peninsular until the A287 has been widened, to allow (at the very least) both one footpath and two dedicated cycle-lanes?

• Due to the popularity of the beach at West Wittering in the Summer, barely moving cars queue all the way back to, and actually onto the A27.

• That queue of cars only moves at the speed that the two WW Car Park barriers raise and lower to allow cars entry. How can this density of crawling cars and vans safely allow access by Emergency Vehicles?

• SUMMARY: First enlarge the A286, and then allow more house building. Then, while you allow more houses and therefore people, the existing (appalling) sewerage infrastructure is in real need of upgrading.