National Park reaction to A27 scheme in Sussex

The Department for Transport have today announced plans for investment in the Strategic Road Network.

This includes plans for schemes along the A27: east of Lewes, at Worthing and at Arundel.

All pass within or would be close to the National Park boundary.

Andrew Lee, Director of Strategy and Partnerships for the South Downs National Park, said:

“There are strong protagonists for and against these proposals and it is for the Government to take a view on whether, taking into account all social, environmental and economic factors, any or all of the schemes should go ahead.

"In doing this the potential impacts upon the special qualities of the South Downs National Park are a crucial issue and are our primary concern.

“The SDNPA will therefore be looking for evidence in any route options that may be brought forward in future that there are no other more sustainable transport measures which would have a lesser negative impact; robust data on the nature and scale of the impacts on the National Park that would arise; and detail on how they would be mitigated or compensated for, bearing in mind that this is a nationally designated landscape.”