The Sussex Coast Expressway would link the two cities with a high-speed, non stop bus link but it has yet to be agreed by central governement.

The £170m package of measures will also provide a £137m bypass for Chichester and improvements to their park and ride scheme starting in 2014. Chichester’s willingness to investigate the possibility of congestion charging targeting commuters (see earlier story in knowledgebase) may well have been instrumental in persuading SEERA to target other improvements on the city.

A much demanded bypass for Arundel has been postponed until at least 2016.