Two years of A23 widening comes to an end

Long awaited improvements on the A23 in Sussex became a reality today, when a newly created third lane on the completed Handcross and Warninglid project officially opened to traffic.

The Highways Agency has been widening the A23 between Handcross and Warninglid for two years, to make journeys quicker and to improve access to Gatwick airport from the south. It is part of a record investment in roads in the South East, the largest since the 1970s.

But as Andy Dickinson reports, within hours of the opening, the road was the scene of a serious crash: