A27 East of Lewes (completed)
Creating safer and more reliable journeys between Firle and Polegate.
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Latest updates
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22 June 2023
Scheme complete
We held a special event on Friday 16 June to celebrate the end of our scheme and talk with local people about the improvements we’ve made both on and off the road along the A27.
Finally, we would like to say thank you to everyone for bearing with us while we were in construction and hope you will enjoy the benefits of our scheme for many years to come.
For more news and information about our work across the south east, visit our website.
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02 April 2023
We’ve finished!
Our work along the A27 between Firle and Polegate is now complete.
The improvements we've made will reduce congestion, connect communities, and create safer journeys for everyone. Our new 13km shared-use path is also open and safe to use.
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08 August 2022
New footbridge
Our new footbridge over the River Cuckmere was installed ahead of schedule. Teams worked through the night to get the bridge in place which arrived in one piece.
The road between Drusillas Roundabout and Milton Street is now open, however please check updated road closures at the top of this page.
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16 June 2022
New path milestone reached
We've almost finished half of the new 13km pathway between Firle and Polegate and expect it to be fully open for use by the end of 2022.
3,025 new trees and 32,000 plants will be added along the route and three new ponds have been created to reduce flood risk and provide new habitats for wildlife.
We’re working to finish as soon as we can, however the path must remain closed for now to keep all road users and our team safe.
We’ll let you know as soon as we’re ready to open.
Project information
Overview
The A27 to the east of Lewes suffered from congestion due to the narrow carriageway and low capacity at junctions. There were limited overtaking opportunities, meaning that traffic regularly queued behind cyclists and other slow moving vehicles.
In 2020, we embarked on a programme to improve journeys for everyone using this stretch, including walkers, cyclists, and horse-riders.
We’ve made several improvements to reduce congestion, connect communities and create safer journeys for all.
Benefits
Our improvements will increase capacity, boost sustainability and create accessible routes for all along this stretch of the A27.
We aim to:
- improve journey times
- minimise traffic and congestion
- provide safer roads
- connect local communities
- improve accessibility for users of the South Downs National Park
- minimise impact on natural environment
Consultations
We're no longer consulting on this scheme.
Consultation Report and Preferred Route Announcement (2017)
If you're interested in looking back at past consultations and the feedback we received, visit our 2016 consultation page.
Documents
Highways Act 1980
Side Roads Order - Schedule and plans
Side Roads Order - Public Notice
Compulsory Purchase Order – Order and Schedule booklet
Compulsory Purchase Order - Plans
Compulsory Purchase Order - Public Notice
Statement of Reasons
Statement of Reasons - Addendum
Preliminary Design Drawing - Berwick
Preliminary Design Drawing - Gainsborough Lane
Preliminary Design Drawing - Polegate Bypass 1
Preliminary Design Drawing - Polegate Bypass 2
Preliminary Design Drawing - Polegate
Shared Use Path Side Roads Order Schedule and Plans
Shared Use Path Side Roads Order Public Notice
Shared Use Path Compulsory Purchase Order - Order and Schedule booklet
Shared Use Path Compulsory Purchase Order - Plans
Shared Use Path Compulsory Purchase Order - Commons Replacement Plans
Shared Use Path Compulsory Purchase Order Public Notice
Shared Use Path - Statement of Reasons
General Arrangement – Order Plans Shared Use Path
Polegate and Berwick made order (Compulsory Purchase Order)
Polegate and Berwick made order (Side Roads Order)
General Vesting Declaration (GVD) Unknown owner 1
General Vesting Declaration (GVD) Unknown owner 2
General Vesting Declaration (GVD) Unknown owner 3
General Vesting Declaration (GVD) Unknown owner 4
General Vesting Declaration (GVD) Unknown owner 5
Shared Use Path - MOD 1
Shared Use Path - MOD 2
Shared Use Path - Statement of Reasons Addendum
Confirmed Order - Shared Use Path - Side Roads Order
Confirmed Order - Shared Use Path - Compulsory Purchase Order
Shared Use Path GVD No.1
Shared Use Path GVD No.2
Shared Use Path GVD No.3
Shared Use Path GVD No.4
Shared Use Path GVD No.5
Shared Use Path GVD No.6
Shared Use Path GVD No.7
Shared Use Path GVD No.8
Environmental
- Environmental Assessment Report Part 1 of 8
- Environmental Assessment Report Part 2 of 8
- Environmental Assessment Report Part 3 of 8
- Environmental Assessment Report Part 4 of 8
- Environmental Assessment Report Part 5 of 8
- Environmental Assessment Report Part 6 of 8
- Environmental Assessment Report Part 7 of 8
- Environmental Assessment Report Part 8 of 8
- EAR Appendix 1.1 - Legislation and Policy
- EAR Appendix 2.1 - DBA ALC
- EAR Appendix 2.2 - Arboriculture
- EAR Appendix 4.1 - Scope Table (extract)
- EAR Appendix 5.1 - 5.8
- EAR Appendix 6.1 - Setting Assessment
- EAR Appendix 6.2 - Baseline
- EAR Appendix 6.3
- EAR Appendix 7.1 - Public Views Summary Note
- EAR Appendix 7.2 - Residential and Private Views Summary Notes
- EAR Appendix 8-1 - Habitat Survey Part 1 of 2
- EAR Appendix 8-1 - Habitat Survey Part 2 of 2
- EAR Appendix 8-2 - PBRA
- EAR Appendix 8-3 - Dormouse Survey Report
- EAR Appendix 8-4 - GCN Survey Report
- EAR Appendix 8-6 - Desk study 2019 update
- EAR Appendix 8-7 - Otter and Watervole Appraisal
- EAR Appendix 8-8 - Biodiversity Net Gain Part 1 of 2
- EAR Appendix 8-8 - Biodiversity Net Gain Part 2 of 2
- EAR Appendix 9-1a - Envirocheck historical mapping
- EAR Appendix 9-1b - Envirocheck historical mapping
- EAR Appendix 9-1c - Envirocheck historical mapping
- EAR Appendix 9-1d - Envirocheck historical mapping
- EAR Appendix 9-1e - Envirocheck historical mapping
- EAR Appendix 9-1f - Envirocheck historical mapping
- EAR Appendix 9-1g - Envirocheck historical mapping
- EAR Appendix 9-1h - Envirocheck historical mapping
- EAR Appendix 10.1 - Materials Assessment Criteria
- EAR Appendix 11.1-11.8 - Noise
- EAR Appendix 12. 1 - Health baseline
- EAR Appendix 12.2 - Driver Stress
- EAR Appendix 12.3 - Employee Jobs Table
- EAR Appendix 13.1 - FRA
- EAR Appendix 14.1 - Vulnerability Assessment
- EAR Appendix 14.2 - Risk Assessment - Final
- EAR Addendum Part 1 of 2
- EAR Addendum Part 2 of 2
- EAR Addendum Appendix Part 1 of 3
- EAR Addendum Appendix Part 2 of 3
- EAR Addendum Appendix Part 3 of 3
