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Proposed road junction at Hastings

Map of one of the options for junction between the proposed link road and the A21
"One of the A21 junction options for the proposed link road"

The Highways Agency has published possible layouts for the junction at the Hastings end of the proposed road.

The proposal for a Hastings-Bexhill link road had the obvious weakness that it would have created a problem where Queensway joins with the Ridge and the A21.

Well, what do you do if your proposed road is going to create a problem? Build another road of course!

There are three options: all of them would involve yet further destruction of countryside. View maps of the proposals (pdf)

News
25 December 2009 Public Inquiry - conclusion
1 November 2009 Public Inquiry November 2009
15 July 2009 Proposed link road may suck money from other services
20 May 2009 Two to one against the link road
15 April 2009 Public Inquiry into Link Road proposals...
25 February 2009 It's not too late...
17 February 2009 Minister Urged to Question proposed Link Road...
10 December 2008 Council approves link road plan
1 December 2008 Protests at Council meeting
1 November 2008 Proposed Bexhill Hastings link road "Irrelevant and possibly damaging to regeneration" - report
16 September 2008 Campaign for Better Transport calls for transport policies that lead to better health...
28 July 2008 Press Release 28 July 2008
1 June 2007 Fighting the proposed link road - update June 2008
28 October 2007 Hastings Alliance on TV
7 August 2007 Hastings Alliance's own objection as submitted to the council in August 2007
7 October 2007 Natural England officially objects to proposed road
14 September 2007 Over 1800 objections received by the Council
20 July 2007 Environment Agency objects to proposed road
25 May 2007 Plans officially unveiled - objection period starts
14 May 2007 Council could have forseen costs of flooding work
6 March 2007 Call to re-think
6 March 2007 Alternatives not properly considered
27 February 2007 Cost of proposed link road has nearly doubled
27 December 2006 Countryside agency ignoring own report
5 September 2006 Press Release: County Council's Link Road Leaflet "misleading and inaccurate"
4 July 2006 Press Release: New roads are creating massive traffic growth
12 June 2006 Proposals for Junction to A21