Puffin crossing planned for unsafe Chichester junction

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 30 Oct, 20:50 · Archive

Plans to install a puffin crossing at a busy Chichester junction have been submitted after fifty years of pedestrian safety concerns.

Plans to install a puffin crossing at the Norwich Road/Sherborne Road/St Paul's Road junction in Chichester have been submitted to the district council after fifty years of pedestrian safety concerns at the busy intersection. The proposal comes from Miller Homes and Vistry Group, the developers behind the Minerva Heights development.

The crossing represents a change to the outline application for phase 2 of the Minerva Heights development, which received permission in 2024. According to a statement submitted with the application, the crossing 'represents a significant enhancement to the proposals which will improve the safety of existing and future residents'. The developers plan to install the crossing once 150 of the new homes are occupied.

The statement noted that whilst traffic capacity at the junction was not high enough to make improvements a requirement, the junction is an important walking connection for residents of the new site towards Chichester and for existing residents of the Parklands and West Broyle residential estates. Liberal Democrat district councillor Jack Lovejoy described the proposal as 'a victory for the residents of East Broyle' who have campaigned for a safe crossing since the 1970s through the safe crossing campaign.

How it is being reported

• 50 years of pedestrian safety fears at busy junction could be coming to an endFifty years of concerns about the safety of pedestrians crossing at a busy Chichester junction could be coming to an end.The Argus · 30 Oct, 20:00
• Plans go in for a puffin crossing at controversial Chichester junctionFifty years of concerns about the safety of pedestrians crossing at a busy Chichester junction could be coming to an end.Sussex Express · 29 Oct, 13:51

In this story: Chichester · Miller Homes · Vistry Group · Minerva Heights · Jack Lovejoy

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