Castle Lane Crossing - safety improvement?
Derek Deedman has asked the Safe Routes to School Officer to consider the provision of a pelican crossing on the A283 Steyning Bypass at the
After a campaign by Derek Deedman a few years ago, the County Council provided a joint pathway/cycleway alongside the A283 Steyning Bypass from the Bramber roundabout to the
The new route is well used by both walkers and cyclists for leisure activities and by students attending the Grammar School. The problem is that having reached the end of the pathway/cycleway users are presented with the option of making the hazardous crossing of the A283 with traffic travelling up to (and over!) 60 mph, or turning into De Braose Way, at the top of which cyclists have to dismount as the Twittens from there and over the Bypass are not for use by cyclists. In the circumstances the easiest and preferred option for many is to cross the Bypass. Many parents are, therefore, unwilling to allow their children to travel by bike to school when their child could end up killed or seriously injured and continue to drive them to school instead.
Derek believes that a pelican crossing at this location would lead to a considerable increase in children being able to cycle to the Grammar School from the Upper Beeding and Bramber area.
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