Dorsten Square is the home of Bewbush Shops and also the home to a very busy bus stop which has the FastWay Route 10 serving the stop every 10 minutes along with many other routes.
The Bus Stop has always been in the same place and was left in its current location when Dorsten Square was revamped and the new Car Park for the shops and Bewbush Center added.
Here is my issue the Entrance for Cars to the shop Car Park from the roundabout is a piece of road in the shape of an S which is fine however as buses come out of the Bus Stop area they are unable to negotiate the bend and drive in a straight line down the middle of the road, I have nearly had the front of my car removed on many occasions by the buses coming towards me or by completely ignoring the fact they have to Give Way to vehicles leaving the shops.
The common sense again seems to have been missing when this was designed as its clearly not suitable for buses and given they are constantly in and out of the area given the frequency of the buses they should of formed much more of the decision making process around this particular piece of road as its clearly dangerous and is only a matter of time before there is an accident here.
Having looked into this I have been told the issue is because Crawley Borough Council own the land either side of the road whilst West Sussex County Council own the road itself and they could not agree and that's why the road is not wider. This is ridiculous in itself as the 2 Councils are meant to work in the best interests of the PEOPLE!
This needs reviewing and the entrance way needs to be reshaped or widened to make it more suitable for buses and cars to be able to pass each other!
The Bus Stop has always been in the same place and was left in its current location when Dorsten Square was revamped and the new Car Park for the shops and Bewbush Center added.
Here is my issue the Entrance for Cars to the shop Car Park from the roundabout is a piece of road in the shape of an S which is fine however as buses come out of the Bus Stop area they are unable to negotiate the bend and drive in a straight line down the middle of the road, I have nearly had the front of my car removed on many occasions by the buses coming towards me or by completely ignoring the fact they have to Give Way to vehicles leaving the shops.
The common sense again seems to have been missing when this was designed as its clearly not suitable for buses and given they are constantly in and out of the area given the frequency of the buses they should of formed much more of the decision making process around this particular piece of road as its clearly dangerous and is only a matter of time before there is an accident here.
Having looked into this I have been told the issue is because Crawley Borough Council own the land either side of the road whilst West Sussex County Council own the road itself and they could not agree and that's why the road is not wider. This is ridiculous in itself as the 2 Councils are meant to work in the best interests of the PEOPLE!
This needs reviewing and the entrance way needs to be reshaped or widened to make it more suitable for buses and cars to be able to pass each other!
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