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State of the Roads in Lewes

On 12 Jan 2016 at 9:05pm grumbleweed wrote:

Here's a suggestion:
With potholes once again rearing their ugly heads, would it not be an idea to put speed bumps into the potholes and then we should have a reasonably smooth road surface?

On 12 Jan 2016 at 11:27pm lewesplumber wrote:

potholes are negative speedbump, and just a bit more punitive when wet!
Just slow down in town, or walk yourself there. We don't need perfect roads, we can just slow down a bit.

On 13 Jan 2016 at 12:45am John Smith wrote:

The pavements are far worse that the roads! They're a deathtrap at night, which is why everyone walks in the road round me.

On 13 Jan 2016 at 2:18am Sid wrote:

The road are a mess . the town dirty Inc all the housing est . what's going on

On 13 Jan 2016 at 4:16am Annette Curtin-Twitcher wrote:

I think the roads throughout the county are dreadful. You can tell when you cross the county boundary in places because the road surface suddenly improves.
Agree about the pavements, too. Some of the tracks on the downs are less treacherous than many of the pavements. The pavement in St Andrews Lane is an obstacle course of trip hazards and the path along Winterbourne Hollow is appalling, especially in the evening, because it's so badly lit.

On 13 Jan 2016 at 8:22am Tractor wrote:

ACT is right. East Sussex has notoriously bad roads. Maybe too many councils and inefficient councillors to actually do something about it.

On 13 Jan 2016 at 10:02am New MBE wrote:

Inefficient councillors !! How very dare you !

On 13 Jan 2016 at 11:25am Fisher Street wrote:

The pavement along Fisher Street from the Town Hall to the old police station is the worse in Lewes on both sides!

On 13 Jan 2016 at 11:28am Observer wrote:

"You can tell when you cross the county boundary in places because the road surface suddenly improves. "
As a keen cyclist, I can completely agree with this. I recently did an 80 mile ride all over the High Weald. The Sussex side was full of bad roads, potholes, treacherous; the Kent side as smooth as a baby's behind.