Eastbourne cycle route works starting next week to bring months of disruption
Works to continue the Horsey Cycle Route in Eastbourne that are due to last until April 2027 will begin next week, East Sussex Highways has confirmed.
From Tuesday, November 17, crews will be working between Terminus Road and Ringwood Road, including in Ashford Road, Cavendish Avenue, Standsted Road, Waterworks Road and Ringwood Road.
East Sussex Highways, working in partnership with Balfour Beatty Living Places, says the scheme will introduce safer facilities for cyclists travelling between the railway station and Ringwood Road, where it connects with the existing Horsey Way cycle route.
This will provide a continuous cycle route between Langney Rise and the railway station.
Once complete, the route will benefit from footway improvements, carriageway resurfacing and improved street lighting, and upgraded traffic signals at the junction of Ashford Road and Canvendish Place.
The scheme will be delivered in a series of phases with a mixture of lane closures, temporary traffic lights and road closures put in place.
Between November 17 and 27, footway and kerbing improvements, as well as bollard installations on Ashford Road between Eastbourne Station and property number 70, will be carried out between 7am - 7pm. The road will remain open with a lane closure in place.
Between November 30 and December 4, footway improvements and lining refreshments will take place on Ringwood Road, between Astaire Avenue and Courtlands Road. Works will continue for 24 hours a day but with ‘minimal disruption’ to road users.
Waterworks Road will be closed to vehicles between 7pm and 6am on December 7 for footway improvements, carriageway surfacing and High Friction Surfacing (HFS).
Stansted Road will be closed to vehicles between December 21 and 23 (7pm-6am) for carriageway and footway improvements, but limited access will be permitted for residents when safe to do so.
Between 23 December and January 29, 2027, there will be temporary traffic signals in place between 7am and 7pm while improvement works are carried out between the junction of Firle Road and Whitley Road. The road will be closed to through traffic between 7pm and 7am.
Temporary traffic signals will also be in place in Cavendish Place between January 29 and February 1, 2027, (7am-7pm) to allow carriageway and footway improvements to take place.
Ashford Road will have temporary signals in place for two months (January 29-March 30) between 7am and 7pm while footway improvements are carried out between property numbers 136-150.
Temporary signals will continue between 31 March and 23 April, 2027, (7am-7pm) for footway improvements between property numbers 108-142, 128-131 and 130-150.
A spokesperson for East Sussex Highways said: “Properties close to the carriageway may experience a temporary disturbance as this can be a noisy process and those properties may experience flashing lights and reversing sirens.
“We would like to take this opportunity to apologise in advance for any inconvenience or disruption this work may cause, however this forms part of our continuing improvement for the East Sussex highway network.
“Should you have any concerns regarding these works, you can contact us at [email protected].”