LBP is pleased to confirm Phase One of the LBP Road Improvement Works is now complete, with all substructure repairs undertaken in Chartwell Road.

There are a few areas of line markings still to be replaced, but these will be repainted on a Saturday afternoon, to ensure Rabbit's access to their site is not impeded during operating hours. Plans are also underway to fill a couple of potholes in Marlborough Road North and one in Commerce Way, but these are awaiting excess materials from another job nearby, so we will need to be patient on these.

It was wonderful to see the completion of the new surface water drainage gully in Commerce Way and it has certainly been tested over the past week. The gully is fully working, helping to avoid flooding in Commerce Way and the Perpetual Puddle is no more!

The pavement corner outside Sussex Transport in Marlborough Road North served as an essential storage area for works debris, but unfortunately this took it's toll on the surfacing. LBP are so pleased to see that FM Conway has already beautifully resurfaced this corner.

LBP met with West Sussex Highways and FM Conway to walk the park yesterday, to sign off these works and discuss next steps. Unfortunately at this stage there are no guarantees, but plans are afoot to submit a funding bid for Phase Two of the LBP Road Improvement Works, which aim to fully resurface all the public highways across the LBP next year, along with repainting all the road markings.

Test drilling has been completed in Commerce Way and Spencer Road to show the substructure of these road is not a concrete base and therefore budget consideration is underway to see if these two roads can be resurfaced this year. More news as we hear it.

LBP is in discussion with Cllr. Paul Marshall, Leader of West Sussex County Council, who has kindly taken an interest in LBP's road issues and is helping to review the next steps.

In the meantime, LBP has raised a safety concern regarding the fading of the one-way arrows in Chartwell Road and West Sussex Highways are referring this issue to see if these can be repainted asap.

This leaves LBP with one last job on Phase One and that is to thank:

• Everyone on the park for their understanding and patience during these works.
• West Sussex Highways for their meticulous planning and support for businesses based on LBP.
• FM Conway for their understanding, flexibility and communication, which have help ensure business access was retained as much as possible during all the works.

If you have any questions regarding this project please feel free to call LBP on 07584 503729.

Thank you!