Explanatory note

The A27 Southerham to Beddingham Improvement is currently under construction between Southerham and Beddingham roundabouts south east of Lewes in East Sussex and is scheduled to be completed in Summer 2008.

The sections of the improved A26 and A27 Trunk Roads in the Schedule to the Order will have street lighting and therefore would automatically be subject to a speed restriction of 30 miles per hour. This Order will remove that 30 miles per hour restriction and impose the national speed limit. Sufficient road signs will be provided to make the speed limit clear to road users.

This Order also revokes the Order made in 2004 to impose on safety grounds, a 40 miles per hour speed limit on sections of A27 and A26 surrounding Beddingham railway level crossing which is no longer required following the permanent removal of the railway level crossing as part of the improvement works.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.