A24
Alliance
Press Release
For Immediate Release 20 November 2006
10 Year Wait for White Elephant!
The
County Council says wait ten years and get a safer A24. However the A24
Alliance says the taxpayer doesn't have to wait that long to get a
safer A24 if the Council follows their proposals, and it will be cheaper
too.
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Following
the announcement that the Regional Assembly is asking Government to fund
West Sussex County Council's discredited Ashington and Southwater road
scheme, the A24 Alliance is to hold an Open Meeting at Partridge Green
Methodist Hall, High Street, Partridge Green at
Peter
Finch for the A24 Alliance said: "The A24 Alliance was amazed to find
that the Regional Assembly had agreed to support the scheme and felt we
needed to call an emergency meeting. That meeting will let
local taxpayers know that the Council's ideas will mean they will
have to wait for more than ten year's before safety issues are looked at -
and then end up with an unnecessary super highway, costing millions which
could be better spent elsewhere. And if that wasn't bad enough we also
have to let people know some properties are now blighted.
Instead
of the County's speedway plan which we believe will even create more
severe accidents and add to global warming, the A24 Alliance's answer is
to install a couple of roundabouts and safety barriers that can be
funded in months not years and be in keeping with the rural character and
local environment of the area. Everyone is invited to the meeting at
Partridge Green Methodist Hall to hear more details and join the campaign to
fight for a safe road in keeping with our environment NOW."
ENDS.
Editors’ notes.
The A24 Alliance was formed in January 2003 by a number of residents who live in
the various villages and individual locations along the A24 from Dorking to
Worthing.
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