‘Emergency road closure’ near Petworth

A major road near Petworth was shut as part of an ‘emergency road closure’.

The A285 High Street in Duncton was shut between ‘south of the entrance to Seaford College and the junction of Beechwood Lane’ following a ‘slippage of earth over a culvert that spans beneath the carriageway’.

On social media at 5.23pm today (Friday, October 8) a West Sussex Highways spokesperson said, “Businesses remain open and signs in place to aid with the diversion”