Drains rebuild is now long overdue

I also pointed out that this problem had existed for approximately four years and maybe even longer.

I was contacted shortly afterwards and told that an inspector (Mr T. Weedon) had inspected the site and concluded that new drains were necessary.

Reading Mr Bucklands’ letter prompted me to contact the county council again and the case has now been re-submitted to the engineers for their comments (case no. 554980 and previous case no. 531672).

Apparently this project had taken on a “B” classification which means nothing is happening.

I believe this is probably due to budgetary constraints, which is just not good enough after all these years.

The operator I spoke to today has taken on board Mr Buckland’s and my renewed comments and passed them on with the re-submission.

I was told that I should receive a phone call on what they are now going to do by Tuesday of this week.

Perhaps if other residents of Littlehampton, or indeed residents of Rustington, who use Sea Road feel strongly about this matter too, then I would suggest they also contact the county council, quoting the above reference number(s) to see if some action can be forthcoming.

Obviously the renewal of the drains is a fairly big project, but I believe that this is now long overdue.

To not do the project, I would say, is short-sighted by the county council, as there is a valuable invisible revenue missing due to visitors being unable to stop and park at this vital car park – particularly in the summer as flash floods also occur, leaving the whole space unusable.

Trevor Coffey

Old Warehouse Mews

Littlehampton