The A259 Brighton seafront road partially reopened to traffic earlier today (Saturday 26 August) on what is traditionally one of the busiest weekends of the year.
Brighton and Hove City Council said: “The A259 eastbound has partially reopened following its closure due to the fire at the Royal Albion Hotel on Saturday 15 July.
“Two lanes have been opened to traffic this morning which will help ease congestion in the city centre over the bank holiday weekend.
“Repairs are still ongoing, and health and safety remains our priority.
“We would like to thank residents and businesses for their patience during this period.
“The teams involved are working hard to complete this work quickly and help minimise disruption.”
On Thursday, the council said: “The situation is constantly changing due to the stability of the structure and weather conditions.”
These were making it hard to assess how long demolition would take, the council added.
This should ease congestion along the previous diversion routes.
No they’ve put in temporary lights that are causing worse congestion now, a pre-view perhaps of what we will get when they do VG3.
That’s not been my experience driving through that area. However, I share your concerns that VG3 is going to cause significant delays for an extended period of time.
The temporary lights were apparently faulty and have been repaired and rephrased.
would you care to rephrase that?
i’m sure it’s just a tempopray stage of you’re going through,
but you’ve gone out of synch…
cheers
The faulty temporary lights have been repaired and seem to be working correctly now. lol.