BLOOD GASH IN CHALK , SOUTHWICK , WEST SUSSEX

In the early 1990s the government of the day
were pursuing a policy of updating the road
networks - to the chagrin of some and the
neccessity of others. There was a plan to update
the road system along the South Coast from
Folkestone , ie the Channel Tunnel , to the west using
bypasses along the existing A27.

The picture above was taken
at the eastern side of the soon to be built Southwick
Tunnel. This was part of the preceeding bypass
intended to link to the Lancing / Worthing section.

The following sequence of pictures
deal with one part of this plan - from Lancing to
Worthing - which was eventually scrapped after
millions of pounds had been spent on achieving a lot
of upset and little else.

PS - The scene is as I found it - I just had to find the angle
which is why it may look staged. The picture was selected
by William Feaver of the observer and other curators for a
biennial art exhibition at the Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
in 1994 on the theme of ' Interiors'.