There was a CDC Planning Committee on 27/04/2016 to consider the White House Farm Masterplan. The scheme was passed at the last minute by use of the chairman’s casting vote. The Westgate Residents’ Association runs a Traffic Action Group to review all matters concerning the impact of the Whitehouse Farm development. If you have any questions about the outcomes… Continue reading Whitehouse Farm Development Update: May 2016 (2)
Category: Traffic
Whitehouse Farm Development Traffic Proposals: WGRA Position Statement March 2016
Please read these documents with care, they contain important information which is important for the well-being of all our residents. You can download your own copy of by using the link sat the bottom of each document. At it’s meeting on 16th March 2016, the Westgate Residents’ Committee drew up its carefully considered response to… Continue reading Whitehouse Farm Development Traffic Proposals: WGRA Position Statement March 2016
What are our roads for?
The streets of the City are key to its vitality; they support movement through and within the built up area but also provide the majority of our public realm and public spaces, shaping the very character and feel of the city itself. In January 2016 West Sussex County Council, working in partnership with Chichester District Council, convened… Continue reading What are our roads for?
Pedestrian Count at Westgate-Sherborne Road Roundabout
As part of the Committee’s efforts to influence County Council plans to mitigate the impact of the Whitehouse Farm Development on Westgate, this traffic count was taken by the Chairman on Thursday 25-2-16 between 2.30 – 3.00pm, a time when most Bishop Luffa School Pupils are coming out. This was not a count conducted under scientific conditions,… Continue reading Pedestrian Count at Westgate-Sherborne Road Roundabout
March Traffic update
With all the hoo-hah now associated with the Northern Bypass proposal, there are now a considerable number of traffic proposals for the committee to deal with. (Do read the full series of posts by typing traffic into the search box above then click on the magnifying glass). Know that the WHF outline plan has still not been… Continue reading March Traffic update
Has Westgate reached static traffic flow?
This post was the fourth in a weekly series of five “what-if?” suggestions proposed in parallel over the festive season 2015-16, that seek to provoke your thoughts about solutions to the traffic impacts of the development on Westgate, but which may also never see the day. [Apologies if the following analysis is rather hard to grasp. Traffic congestion is a… Continue reading Has Westgate reached static traffic flow?
The closure of conservation Westgate
This post was the third in a weekly series of five “what-if?” suggestions proposed in parallel over the festive season 2015-16, that seek to provoke your thoughts about solutions to the traffic impacts of the development on Westgate, but which may also never see the day. In an ideal world one would like to see an historic street such as… Continue reading The closure of conservation Westgate
Can the rat-running on Westgate be stopped?
This post was the second in a weekly series of five “what-if?” suggestions proposed in parallel over the festive season 2015-16, that seek to provoke your thoughts about solutions to the traffic impacts of the development on Westgate, but which may also never see the day. Let alone consideration of the further problems that will occur with additional traffic from… Continue reading Can the rat-running on Westgate be stopped?
Up go the heritage lights
Here’s how the heritage end of the street now looks with the new tops. Finally this week (mid-December 2015) SSE has come round to fit the remainder of the heritage tops to the new lamps at the east end of Westgate. They had been unable to complete because of parked cars and there is a… Continue reading Up go the heritage lights
Traffic snapshot: the Westgate pinch-point
– where pedestrians seem to come last. This was the state of things on the morning of the 18th December. This is what happens when a careless contractor like SSE installs new lighting, there is a double delivery at the Crate & Apple, cars are going to and fro carrying Christmas shoppers, a cyclist is… Continue reading Traffic snapshot: the Westgate pinch-point