A2300 route to be upgraded in West Sussex

Congestion and traffic are set to be reduced in West Sussex following the investment of £22M into an upgrade of the A2300 carriageway at Burgess Hill by the Department for Transport.Going into more detail, the A2300 upgrade project will cost a total sum of £22M but has just recently received a £17M investment from the Department for Transport, with the project itself entailing the dualling of a 2.5km stretch of road between the A23 dualling and the proposed Northern Arc roundabout.Furthermore, the upgrade scheme will require the construction of alternative transport routes such as pedestrian paths and cycleways, with the delivery of all infrastructure as part of this scheme facilitating the construction of 3,500 new homes on the London to Brighton Corridor.Construction of these upgrade works are expected to begin in the Spring of this year and continue until 2021, pacifying the congestion on this route which is only expected to grow over the course of the next two decades. Specifically, congestion is expected to increase along the A2300 by a proportion of 40 per cent in the next 20 years, demanding that the road’s capacity be increased considering that it is currently congested.