The County Council has been working closely with Fletching Parish Council and has agreed to:
- install vehicle activated signs on each approach and lay a contrasting coloured anti-skid surface to highlight the location of the Down Street/Golf Club Lane junction
- arrange for overhanging hedges to be trimmed back to improve visibility
- reduce turning movements at the Golf Club Lane junction, by adjusting the local direction signs, and in the long-term consider making Golf Club Lane one-way southbound from the A272 to the entrance to the club
- work with the Parish Council to identify lengths of verge that could be made into pavements to allow people to walk and discourage short car journeys. These will be added to the waiting list of pavement requests that the County Council holds.
- consider reinstating double white lines to stop overtaking along part of the A27
- review speed limits between Haywards Heath and Maresfield, when the new government guidance on speed limits is available (later in 2006)
- consider repositioning the direction signs for the Piltdown crossroads, situated east of the Fletching turn, to improve visibility from the junction.
Councillor Matthew Lock, Lead Member for Transport & Environment, said: "We obviously want to make sure that our roads are as safe as possible for all users. It has been extremely helpful for us to have been working closely with the parish council, who presented us with a petition. I’m confident that we have come up with the right set of safety measures to address the issues in Piltdown.”
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