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Traffic calming

Temporary Prohibition of Traffic Order - C667 - (Southease) Itford Level Crossing
To allow Network Rail to carry out essential repairs to their Railway Installations, it will be necessary to close Itford Level Crossing to vehicles at the following times:
  • 23.59 Monday 1st February 2010 to 04.40 Tuesday 2nd February 2010
  • 23.59 Tuesday 2nd February 2010 to 04.40 Wednesday 3rd February 2010
  • 23:59 Wednesday 3rd February 2010 to 04:40 Thursday 4th February 2010
  • 23:59 Thursday 4th February 2010 to 04:40 Friday 5th February 2010
There will be no diversion route for vehicles or pedestrians. Key holders will be notified.
[07/09/2009] * Update on Traffic Calming.

Kingston Village speed limits and traffic calming

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Children from Iford and Kingston CE School celebrate the new traffic scheme with (left to right) Michael Oates, Team manager - Road Safety Engineering; Gillian Todd, School Crossing Patrol Area Supervisor; Mrs Dumbrell, Advanced Skills Teacher; Jackie Rowland, Chairman of Kingston Parish Council; Rue Butcher, Senior Highway Design Engineer; Councillor David Rogers, County Councillor for Newhaven and Ouse Valley West; Councillor Matthew Lock, Lead Member for Transport and Environment; and John Mills, the local school crossing patrol.
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Children from Iford and Kingston CE School with the winning poster design encouraging safer parking.
Children from Iford and Kingston Primary School have been celebrating a safer journey to school thanks to a new 20mph zone.
The children, who recently had a competition to design a poster encouraging safe parking, joined teachers and representatives from the County Council and Parish Council to celebrate the zone which was put in place in time for the new school term.
The Kingston speed limits and traffic calming scheme includes a long speed hump where the School Crossing Patrol operates, a 20mph Zone along Wellgreen Lane outside the school and an extended 30mph limit on the approach to the village to encourage vehicles to slow down as they enter.
The County Council funds traffic calming schemes on a priority basis to make sure work is carried out first at those sites in the county that most need it. This scheme is unusual in that it was not high enough in the list to obtain County Council funding this year but funds were raised by Kingston Parish Council and the County Council did the work on their behalf. This is the first major traffic calming scheme that has been done in this way and it could be a model for similar projects in the future.
Councillor Matthew Lock, Lead Member for Transport and Environment, said, It was great to meet the children who designed the posters and some of the teachers who were involved. I am very pleased that the community got behind this scheme and I hope this is the first of many more to come which can be brought forward in this way.