Derek Deedman

From 1st April the Highway Rangers service will be rolled out across the whole County. Building on the success of the pilot run this year, the Rangers will continue to work to improve the street scene in our area.

The Rangers’ role is to carry out the sort of small-scale works listed below, which can help to improve the appearance of our highways. This is not an exhaustive list although please note that pothole or other emergency repairs are outside of their scope, but they will be reporting of the necessity for such repairs to be undertaken.

• Clearing vegetation overhanging paths

• Some hedge trimming

• Siding pavements and clearing unsightly weeds

• Sign cleansing

• Removing unlawful signs

• Simple street furniture repairs and removal of sign clutter

• Hand clearing drainage grips and some ditches

• Clearing debris away from gully tops and small culverts

To help the team target their work effectively your help is needed to identify issues, or work for them to do. The continuing aim is to ensure the Rangers are targeting the issues raised by local people.

The Chanctonbury team will continue to be based at the highway maintenance depot at Clapham (near Worthing). The team will operate on a rolling programme where they will spend a week in each County Local Committee area that the local office supports. This means that a team will be in our area every 4 or 5 weeks. They will be in the Chanctonbury area in the weeks commencing 14 April, 12 May, 9 June, 7 July, 4 August, 1 & 29 September, 27 October, 24 November, 22 December, 19 January 2009, 16 February & 16 March.

To report work for the Rangers please use either the number or email address below and remember to provide as many details as you can.

Tel: 01243 642105

Email: Highway.rangers@westsussex.gov.uk