According to a passing motorist, last Friday, September 15 was a memorable day for many drivers as they snaked their way along Udimore Road between the legitimately parked cars only to find three way lights at the bottom of the hill close to the junction with Mason Road. A local bus driver witnessed the problems worsening during the morning as a gas fault was discovered which meant the road had to be closed altogether and a diversion put in place.
Drivers had been trying to get round it by using the Old Brickyard (unadopted road) on the corner of Mason Road until a lorry carrying scaffolding got wedged there for a while and which caused temporary chaos as some of the traffic included heavy lorries which may have been trying to shortcut past Hastings to get to Dover.
Residents of Valley Park couldn’t get through to the town centre, the alternative route being Dumb Woman's Lane off Udimore Road to join the A259 near Winchelsea Station - a road hardly designed (like the Landgate) for the heavy traffic we now get along the Udimore Road into Rye
The gas works at this same location seem to have been going on (and off) now for a few years but by mid afternoon the road was open again, the three way lights were back in operation and 'normal' service was resumed.
