Bypass no answer

Arundel, of course, already has a bypass, completed in about 1971, to take traffic around the west side of the town instead of through the centre. There it is, in my County Red Book of West Sussex maps, clearly marked “Arundel Bypass”.

Most of the time it works pretty well, but can be slow on account of the Crossbush traffic lights.

This, of course, does not deter the road-building faction from its constant demands to continue wrecking the beautiful countryside in this area by dumping thousands of tons of concrete all over our watermeadows, green fields and primary woodland, in the name of “improvement”, or constructing bypasses of a bypass.

Concerning the previous two accidents on the same stretch of road, one was a bizarre incident which could have happened anywhere, and nothing whatsoever to do with the road.

The other, as I recall, involved one vehicle driven by a lady who lost control of her car – again, little to do with the road.

We do not know full details of this latest accident, but maybe we soon will, as the other driver concerned has happily survived with what you described as minor injuries, and can tell the truth of it.

Until that time, perhaps Christina Freeman should keep a little quieter and stop using a dreadful accident as grist to the mill of those only too eager to further ruin our lovely surroundings.

Richard Foster

Beech View

Angmering

Editor’s note: to be fair to Mrs Freeman, we approached her for a comment, not the other way round. And she did stress the need to wait until the full facts of the latest crash were known