SGN has announced an urgent gas main replacement project affecting South Road, Hailsham, with significant road closures and traffic disruption expected over several months. SGN says the existing gas main has reached the age where permanent repairs are no longer feasible. The key dates and phases are as follows (subject to change):
Always check with the relevant bus service provider before travelling. During the initial phases of work, the majority of the well-used bus routes will operate via the Hailsham by-pass and Diplocks Way to South Road. This arrangement applies to Brighton & Hove’s service 28, Stagecoach’s services 51 and 53 and Metrobus’s service 500.
Arrangements for Stagecoach’s service 52 are somewhat different as, coming from Dittons Wood, that will run via Stone Cross and the B2104 and thus into Hailsham on Ersham Road.
All services mentioned above will omit stops in South Road to the south-west of Diplocks Way.
Stagecoach, Brighton & Hove Buses and Metrobus already have the diversions described on their websites. Cuckmere Buses has also advised it will place information on its website and on social media to advise customers of diversion of its services which may be more varied than those of the main bus operators.
The Town Council and our local county councillors will be receiving weekly updates from SGN on Fridays via online meetings. Any relevant updates – including changes to timings, traffic management or access arrangements, will be posted on this page in due course.
For further information on current and scheduled roadworks in (or affecting) Hailsham, visit the East Sussex Highways website.
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