I had to take a trip to Midhurst this morning. There are roadworks on the A286 midway between Fernhurst and Midhurst with traffic lights and alternate single line traffic. This is at the top of the hill close to the turn-off for the old King Edward VII Hospital.
Regular FoS visitors will know that this appears to be a yearly sport by the local authorities!
The signs said 1/6/15 for 4 weeks. It is possible that it's done by the FoS.
Also, there were tailbacks of 15 minutes+ to get into Midhust, but I do not know why. It could have been standard 10:00am but I doubt it. (There were no issues on Sunday when I passed through).
I will go early on Thursday, travel this route and update this topic.
BTW - if you do travel Midhust route, and don't know any shortcuts, here are a three:
1- if you are travelling from the North, and are queuing just as you get into the 30 mph outside Midhust, and you haven’t even got to the first roundabout in Easebourne, (where the A286 meets the A272 going east), it’s worth turning right into Hollist Lane (wide entrance but becomes a narrow lane), and cut round to the A272 where you go into Midhurst from the West. If the traffic is bad enough to be stationary as you go from the 60 to 30 zones, this can save up to 30 minutes.
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2- If you get past the roundabout where the A286 meets the A272 but are queuing into the centre of Midhurst past the bus station and shops, then at the end of the row of shops, turn hard left into Knockhundred Row/Church Hill (before the road narrows significantly). Follow this past the Spread Eagle Hotel until you rejoin the traffic exiting Midhust at a T-junction (turn left) – it will save 5-15 minutes as it by-passes the A286/A272 junction. I always take this - it's a popular short cut!
3- And then if you are queuing into Singleton, and you think that it’s going to be the same going up the hill (Town Lane) to Goodwood (you can ignore the “no access” signs and turn left into Singleton, and pick up Charlton Road going Eadt out of the village, and then turn right into Knight’s Hill which takes you up the hill and puts you back onto the Goodwood road just before the racecourse. It may be possible to push through to East Dean and then south to New Barn Hill, but I have not tried this yet.
