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?
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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
The trouble with the Westgate traffic calming proposals
This post was the first 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. The Vectos traffic model is too limited to be useful Local people have not… Continue reading The trouble with the Westgate traffic calming proposals
The Northern By-Pass is back
Highways England (as the Agency is now called) have been given £250M to upgrade the five junctions of the A27 as it makes its way round the South side of Chichester. As part of that, active consideration is being given once again to the building of a new by-pass around the Northern side. Professional consultants… Continue reading The Northern By-Pass is back
Current Traffic on Westgate
Click on each image for a closer look. Once upon a time there were horses on our streets. Here is the current state of the traffic on Westgate (with thanks to Paul Wreyford) The state of the carriageway in the conservation area after that lot has driven over it Return
Whitehouse Farm Development: revised traffic calming proposals October 2015
As readers will know from previous posts – and the meeting in July if you were there – Miller Homes and Linden Homes, the developers of the Whitehouse Farm site, commissioned traffic consultants Vectos to come up with proposals for traffic management and calming on the Whitehouse Farm development site and the surrounding streets. A note by… Continue reading Whitehouse Farm Development: revised traffic calming proposals October 2015
Whitehouse Farm development 5: Traffic Calming
This post is the last in a series of 5 to give you more detail of the traffic impacts onto Westgate of the White House Farm Development. If you want to read them in order, you can read the first one here. Proposed Additional Traffic Calming The developer has to design a sustainable development for traffic and… Continue reading Whitehouse Farm development 5: Traffic Calming