COMMENT: End Chichester's traffic nightmare now

For as long as anyone can remember Chichester’s bypass has been a slow and painful experience — and it has gone on too long.

There has been endless house building around the city and absolutely zero infrastructure to support it. The city is constantly in gridlock and the roads are riddled with deep and dangerous potholes.

The £3M pothole repair moeny handed to West Sussex County Council cannot be spent soon enough.

The decision to close Oving crossroads at the beginning of last year has made matters worse, culminating in chaotic scenes with drivers trapped in car parks for hours last year.

Residents are fed promise after promise from local authorities and politicians but nothing has changed. This afternoon (Friday, April 14) cars are queuing around bypass, a day like any other, and social media is already awash with comments from disaffected motorists.

Why do we put up with it?