Two improvement proposals are being planned in Shoreham, and West Sussex County Council is looking for your feedback.
First up is the busy, problematic junction between Upper Shoreham Road and Buckingham Road – sometimes known as The Triangle.
This is primarily a scheme to make walking easier and safer, particularly for schoolchildren. However, there are also some benefits for people driving and cycling.
- a pedestrian crossing over Upper Shoreham Road
- next to this, a crossing for people on bikes
- a simplification of the road layout when turning from Buckingham Road into Upper Shoreham Road
We are supportive of this scheme. Though we are generally very cautious about any project that uses any level of shared-use space for foot and bike, we’ve discussed this with WSCC and we understand why, in this location, options are limited and this could be the best way to make this area safer in the short term.
While we support this new proposal, and look forward to the benefits it will bring, particularly to people on foot, it is very separate to the long-planned and already-consulted cycleways that Upper Shoreham Road needs to enable safe journeys by bike. We look forward to WSCC reviving this important – but very different– scheme when they are able to do so.
There is a secondary aspect to this current consultation, and that involves some minor cycling improvements to Middle Road, which we describe in another post.
Do complete the WSCC consultation, and play your part in improving the USR/Buckingham junction. We know the people of Adur have been asked to fill in so many consultations in recent years, and that it can be frustrating when we see more more consultation than we do action – but realistically, this is the way the system currently works, and it’s important for local residents to show their support for measures that make cycling (and in this case, walking and driving) easier and safer.
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