Sign petition to make Graffham’s roads safer
Graffham Parish Council is urging all villagers to support its request to West Sussex County Council to make our roads safer by signing a petition by the end of July 2026.
Published: 18 July 2026
You can sign the petition online at www.ipetitions.com/p/make-graffhams-roads-safer/ or in person at Graffham Village Shop.
The parish council’s proposal is to:
- Reduce the current 30mph speed limit in the village centre to 20mph.
- Introduce new “buffer zones” with speed limits lower than the current national speed limits at each entrance to the village.
- Install “Welcome to Graffham – please drive carefully” signs at each entrance to the neighbourbood to make visiting drivers aware they are entering the village where they need to take extra care.
For details, see the picture. The exact positions of the proposed new signs would be finalised in conjunction with West Sussex County Council
The scheme is designed to improve safety on our roads for all users – residents, school children, visitors, dog walkers and other pedestrians, cyclists and horse-riders.
It is part of the parish council’s new Village Plan and follows extensive local consultation – but to help persuade the county council’s highways team of its validity we need to demonstrate as much community support for the proposal as possible.
The move follows a recent spate of near misses at a time when traffic through the village is increasing, with the recently approved Woodcote development, other property improvement works, an increasing trend towards multiple vehicle households and more online shopping deliveries, while cars, lorries and vans today are much larger and faster than our roads were originally envisaged to handle.
Please support this initiative to make our village’s roads safer for all users by signing this petition before the end of July 2026 and encouraging your family, neighbours and friends to do so too.