New A27 roundabout now open at Brighton City Airport - see how the changes will affect you

The development by National Highways comes as part of works to give access to the New Monks Farm development and ‘provide better links to Brighton City Airport’.

Since May 15, traffic management has been in place 24/7, with access to Lancing College maintained. The works were completed on Tuesday (June 6).

Peter Philips, National Highways route sponsor for the South East said: “The new roundabout and access roads to the south of the new Monks Farm housing development will also via a new link road serve the airport and businesses.

"To the north the new layout will also serve Lancing College and the South Downs. It also means that the Sussex Pad traffic signal junction can be closed.

"The new road layout also includes a good quality footpath and cycleway, and new crossing facilities."

The new roundabout and access roads have been funded entirely by the developers of the New Monks Farm housing complex.

The A27 was closed for three consecutive weekends to facilitate the works. The successful completion of the works comes after it had to be postponed last month due to a traffic incident.

In its previous update on May 9, a National Highways spokesperson said: “We’ve installed temporary barriers and reduced part of the A27 westbound to two lanes over the Shoreham flyover interchange. This is due to a recent road traffic incident.

"Because of this, our planned weekend closures for Friday 12 and Friday 19 have now been cancelled.

“We’ve put these measures in place to keep the travelling public and our workforce safe. Please continue to take extra care when driving.

“We’ve started to carry out some surfacing work and put in storm water drainage on The Drive (off the Coombes Road Junction) on the northern side of the A27. Traffic management will be in place here 24/7 and access to the college will be maintained. We’ll be working here during the day until Sunday, May 14.

“We’ve also begun upgrading the existing Public Right of Way (249 – River Adur) to join with the New Monks Farm development which will improve access for pedestrians and cyclists. We’ll be working here until Friday, May 26.

“From Monday, May 15, we’ll start work at the Coombes Road Junction on the northern side of the A27 to install more storm water drainage and do some surfacing work. Traffic management will be in place here 24/7 and access to the college will be maintained. We’ll be working here during the day until Tuesday June 6.”

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