A West Sussex Action Group Committed to Protecting a Valued Local Asset
During October 2021 the Centurion Way people counter recorded 33417 individual journeys. That is an approximate average of 1078 journeys recorded per day by the counter. Because the counter is situated between two of Bishop Luffa’s school gates, most of the school students do not pass the counter. The figure recorded by the counter is…
September 2021 had the greatest monthly recorded traffic of people walking and cycling on the Centurion Way path since installation of the counter on January the 1st 2021. A total of 37250 people were recorded passing the counter in September 2021 compared with 25299 in the previous month August. There was a particularly high number…
The number of people passing the FoCW counter at Bishop Luffa school during August 2021 is shown in the chart below. Counting was interrupted between 10:29 am on Wed 25th August 2021 and 03:00 pm Friday 27th Aug 2021 Raw data recorded by the counter during Aug is available here http://centurionway.org.uk/CounterData/2021-09-02.MEM The raw data can…
Unfortunately the FoCW counter has been rendered inoperable with spray paint! Paint has been sprayed into the optical windows of the counter making the lenses and sensors within the equipment opaque. This leaves the counter unable to sense pedestrians or cyclists on the path. Scratching the paint with my thumbnail revealed it can be removed…
The popularity of Centurion Way is unsurprisingly proving to be weather dependent. Wet weather slightly dampened peoples appetite to get fresh air and exercise on the path in the latter half of the month. A total of 29,618 journeys were recorded by the FoCW counter in July 2021. Wikipedia reports that the 2011 Census recorded…
Dear Friends of Centurion Way Supporters, West Sussex County Council have opened a consultation Traffic Regulation Order CHS9038RC which closes on the 5th August 2021. Items iii & iv within the Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) will introduce two parallel crossings at the Sherborne-Rd/Westgate mini roundabout. Although this may initially sound like a good idea, it…
FoCW and ChiCycle supporters met up for a big Summer Picnic at the Amphitheatre on Centurion Way. Government guidelines restricted the number of people able to attend but nonetheless we still held an enjoyable picnic event and everyone enjoyed meeting for an outdoor event. c Torrential rain cleared up just in time for people to…
Nick Billington is the the Associate Director of Planning for the West of Chichester Development which is project managed by Tetra Tech Limited. He led the virtual meeting yesterday evening on the 30th June 2021 presenting the Vistry-Miller Phase 2 plans. This included details of the long awaited Southern Access Road plans. A time table…
The Friends of Centurion Way have now collected 6 months of data monitoring how people use the path! A chart of the paths usage throughout June 2021 is shown below: Friday the 18th saw remarkably high traffic of 1,191 northbound journeys and 1,001 southbound journeys. This gave a total of 2,192 journeys counted on…
Friends of Centurion Way have campaigned since October 2017 to retain existing good quality walking and cycling facilities on the western side of Chichester. The initial 2017 Southern Access Road (SAR) proposals involved the removal of the southern end of Centurion Way with cyclists being relocated in both directions onto an unsuitable shared use pavement…