South Downs village 'gridlocked' after sinkhole leads to traffic mayhem

Southern Water have closed the A283 in Storrington while they are investigating and carrying out repairs. Officials say that traffic is being diverted via Billingshurst.

But angry drivers in Storrington say the village is gridlocked and there is traffic mayhem in the area.

Local resident Sarah Russell said: “The traffic is trying to divert itself through small residential roads, in particular Browns Lane – which is not suitable for such volumes of traffic, and as a result of this there are major tailbacks. And a lot of angry drivers.

"Apparently the road is going to be closed for the next couple of days while they carry out these repairs, and the residents of Browns Lane, including myself, are thoroughly fed up with the way that the traffic has been badly diverted.”

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The village has faced a number of major traffic problems over the past couple of weeks because or road closures while Southern Water carried out repairs to a water main.