Has anyone else been experiencing issues with the traffic backlogging at the Hill Barn Traffic (near the Whippet?) lights going East towards Brighton early mornings, only started the last month or so, not sure if it is an issue with timings being out of sync but the unpredictability of it is really becoming annoying! Sometimes the traffic is queuing back to Lyons Farm?!
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Hill Barn Traffic Lights
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Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Isn't Hill Barn in Worthing?
They said on the radio that following the air disaster they were replaced with the Highway's Agency's latest technology which monitors traffic and adjusts the phasing to best manage traffic flow. Given that they were never a problem before, you do wonder why.
Edit: apparently I'm talking about the wrong place.
Edit: apparently I'm talking about the wrong place.
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Gullflyinghigh
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- Apr 23, 2012
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I'm sure there's a good joke to be made about an Owl complaining about a barn somewhere in there.
BensGrandad
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I always regarded Hill Barn lights as those at The Grove roundabout those near the Whippet were Sompting lights.
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Not sure what it is officially called, it is Sompting i guess, i call it Hill Barn because of that Car garage on the corner used to be called Hill Barn Garage (used to sell those American Hummers), on maps its the Busticle Lane/a27 cross roads.
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Ok, got it. Thanks
Lush
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Man of Harveys
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Is it "make up silly place names" day?
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
local radio mentioned that there was an ongoing problem with the sequencing of the light at Lyons Farm in Worthing...
thedonkeycentrehalf
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That whole stretch has been bad since they switched the traffic lights back on at Shoreham Airport. Most recently it has been Lyons farm to Hill Barn that is the worst but all it does is bring the queue forward from the Airport. With works on the A259 a while back and now people avoiding the A24 at Buck Barn crossroads, it seems to be getting worse.
As my morning commute to Burgess Hill now also has the road closure from Clayton to Ditchling adding to the delays, I have given up on the coast and now drive a very long but reliable route using back roads across the glorious Sussex countryside.
As my morning commute to Burgess Hill now also has the road closure from Clayton to Ditchling adding to the delays, I have given up on the coast and now drive a very long but reliable route using back roads across the glorious Sussex countryside.
BensGrandad
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How long is the Clayton to Ditchling road cloased for. This is not helped with road works at Stonepound Lights.
thedonkeycentrehalf
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Not due to reopen until 13th April.
BensGrandad
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Thanks that saves me a wasted journey via Ditchling to Brighton and stick with A23 for the time being.
spongy
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Blooming hell is it gonna take that long?
I live close to Hassocks station and since the Clayton Road has been shut the traffic here has been a nightmare. Hopefully with school holidays upon us for a couple of weeks it will calm down a bit. I hope so anyway.
Can't wait for it to finish.
I live close to Hassocks station and since the Clayton Road has been shut the traffic here has been a nightmare. Hopefully with school holidays upon us for a couple of weeks it will calm down a bit. I hope so anyway.
Can't wait for it to finish.
Publius Ovidius
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Dirty girl!
mune ni kamome
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It's the bl**dy Albion's fault. The training ground causing major trouble with the water table in Grinstead Lane. Lately more people switching from the 259 to the 27 earlier messing with the flow through the lights everywhere else. I turn right at the top of Busticle Lane towards Brighton in the mornings and it's become a nightmare lately.