Following recent pressure from West Sussex Liberal Democrat education spokesman and Tarring County Councillor Bob Smytherman West Sussex County Council has now agreed to ask the Department of Education to support plans for a new secondary school for Worthing from a new funding stream to support ‘Targeted Basic Needs.’ Liberal Democrats regard the […]

As parts of West Sussex have been battling with more snowy weather, three new videos on the West Sussex County Council website take an in-depth look at how the county copes with snow, flooding and potholes. One film meets the men and looks at the technology behind salting and gritting the county’s roads.  It asks […]

Test your smoke alarms when you change your clocks! Firefighters in West Sussex are supporting a new video from the Fire Kills campaign urging people to test their smoke alarms when they change their clocks this month. The video “On Your child’s Life’ can be seen here:  Dramatically highlighting what is at stake in a […]

Councillor Keith Sunderland & County Councillor Bob Smytherman talk about parking & transport in Worthing, explaining the different responsibilities at County & Local level. The contract with NCP/NSL is about to end after 10 years, so what alternatives changes can we make to the contract to benefit our town?

As you are hopefully aware, from April 2013, the West Sussex LINk is being replaced by a new organisation – Healthwatch West Sussex.   West Sussex County Council has awarded the contract for Healthwatch West Sussex to Help and Care, the LINk’s current Host Organisation, working in partnership with Arun and Chichester Citizens Advice Bureau […]

Both Adur and Worthing Councils have agreed to pilot a new scheme locally to encourage children to get back to traditional play outdoors in their own streets. The Councils have agreed to pilot six dates in 2013 where residents can apply for a free Road Closure for the purposes of street play on set days […]

Last week Conservative controlled West Sussex County Council rejected a Liberal Democrat budget amendment that would have provided an extra £5 million for potholes and vital road repairs and a further £2 million for pavement repairs. The proposal was part of a package of amendments to the County Council budget, which also included improvements to […]

West Sussex County Council continues to do “everything it can” to fix the number of potholes which appeared on the roads over the winter months. Record levels of rainfall saturated the ground around the county earlier this year, causing puddles and flooding to emerge on the roads. The surface water makes existing potholes worse because […]