LAND and property owners in East Sussex are being urged to protect the public by cutting back trees and hedges which overhang the public highway.
East Sussex County Council is warning that overhanging vegetation causes a danger to road users – in particular high-sided vehicles such as buses or HGVs – and can block light from street lamps. Continue reading
A FOOTBRIDGE connecting two rural villages has been refurbished in a scheme completed by East Sussex County Council.
The 50 ft long steel-framed bridge crosses a stream running through fields between Vines Cross and Warbleton, near Heathfield. Continue reading
PEOPLE in East Sussex are being urged to use an online system to report flooding from roadside drains this winter.
Since the start of May 2016, East Sussex Highways has handled around 1,300 reports of flooded drains, with that number expected to surge during wet, wintry weather. Continue reading
COUNCIL chiefs in East Sussex have expressed their disappointment after Gatwick was overlooked for a new runway – but vowed to continue to back the Sussex airport in its long-term ambition to expand.
The Government today gave the go-ahead for a third runway at Heathrow rather than expanding Gatwick, subject to a public consultation and vote of the House of Commons in 2017-18. Continue reading
