Lavant residents are concerned about road safety and a pavement on the A286

Safety fears prompt Lavant residents to voice their concerns at the site north of Chichester

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00:00 My name is Phil Lant, I'm a director of the Hunter's Rest Management Company

00:05 here on the A286 outside the Co-op.

00:10 I'm Jo Shaw, I'm chairman of the Somersdale Residents' Association, which is the whole area around the north end of Chichester.

00:16 And you can see behind us the section of the A286 that we are concerned about.

00:22 There are many large trucks here consistently parking, not today,

00:27 up on the pavement, which is both destroying the pavement and also creating a considerable traffic hazard for pedestrians

00:36 walking between Central Lavent and the Co-op here, as well as traffic emerging from the garage

00:42 and roads either side where the line of sight is blocked.

00:46 We're really looking to have some traffic management installed by West Sussex County Council,

00:52 some yellow lines and ideally some bollards to prevent people parking their trucks up on the pathway.

00:59 You can't stress enough how firstly it's very unsightly, awful, the pavement being like that,

01:08 but it's also very dangerous for people trying to come out of the road onto the main road

01:14 when their view is blocked by large lorries parked there.