Too Bad about Nutley!

"We know we'd just be dumping the problem on Nutley, but quite frankly that's their problem." The speaker shall remain anonymous, but these were the sentiments expressed at a recent gathering of Forest Row Parish Councillors

With the prospect of finding themselves downstream of a 25% increase from the traffic outfall of a new EG Relief Road, this was spoken in the context of a 20th century "we're alright jack" Forest Row Bypass solution being discussed by the old guard.

The proposition wouldn't be so foolish if it wasn't' fundamentally flawed in it's own right. Even if ESCC were able to find a way of financing such an expensive, and legally, technically and environmentally challenging development, it would prove to be a disaster for everyone in the long term.

Any relief in Felbridge and Forest Row would be short lived, and the additional through traffic attracted to this new route would soon amount to an even bigger jam at Wych Cross, tailing back down the hill into the Wier Wood vally throughout peak flow, and for much of the day..

The only rational response to Mid Sussex District Council's completely unsustainable Area Action Plan, is to echo the sentiment of the East Grinstead Post Referendum Campaign, and "Just Say No".