Category: WSCC Highways

Whitehouse Farm Development Update: May 2016 (2)

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)

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

The Westgate Cycle Path 1

It is unlikely now that the WHF outline planning application will be considered at the March meeting of the CDC Planning Committee but we need to remain vigilant. Generally matters of detail may not need be considered at the stage of outline permission, but we run the risk of the CDC eventually approving the outline plan on… Continue reading The Westgate Cycle Path 1

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?

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

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