Fresh calls for action after Horsham road layout labelled 'a joke'

Local residents in Broadbridge Heath say that many motorists are using a car park outside the Co-op in Sargent Way as a ‘cut-through’ and have labelled it dangerous.

The car park is near a children’s nursery and there are concerns that someone will end up killed or seriously injured.

Confusion first raged among drivers in the area when nearby Broadbridge Way was turned into a bus-only lane.

Now residents have taken to social media to again voice their concerns. One man said: “Unfortunately everyone uses the Co-op car park as a short cut. One day someone will be seriously injured."

Another person stated: “It’s a car park, not a road. It’s never going to be a purpose-built road.”

And another called for the bus-only route to be reopened to cars with traffic calming measures in place to slow down drivers.

Another said: “The whole road layout is a joke.” And another described the Co-op car park as ‘a nightmare.’

He said cars came from the Guildford direction, drive along the old bypass, then cut through the Co-op carpark and exit the car park heading to Tescos.

“The whole design is terrible,” he said.

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Another said that even parking in the carpark was difficult “because of the stream of lazy drivers taking a quick shortcut.”

Another called for the car park to be blocked off, saying: “This whole traffic issue is a farce. Everyone blames everyone else for nothing happening.”

West Sussex County Council, which is responsible for roads, has been approached for comment.