There has been a lot of speculation about the progress of the work on upgrading the A27, much of it not well informed.
I am aware that various residents groups got together to hold a public meeting in Worthing though local councillors were not invited and I certainly was not told about it. I attended a stakeholder meeting run by Highways England and their consultants at the Chatsworth hotel on May 19th with councillors and residents’ groups represented. We were told that the timetable we were given earlier in the year is still on track and that means we should see the initial draft plans in November as per the timetable, which I have repeated here and which is on my website.
After that there will be extensive public consultations before the plans are finalised but in the meantime there is likely to be little new news. I have however asked Highways England to provide a public update so that local residents know exactly what to expect and when. In the meantime I will continue to update the A27 section on my website accordingly.
