Booking system at rubbish tips could be made permanent
Councillors will discuss the plans next week
A booking system put in place at six West Sussex rubbish tips could soon be made permanent.
The system was launched in April 2021 as a way to combat the queues which were causing congestion on roads around the sites in Bognor Regis, Crawley, Horsham, Littlehampton, Shoreham and Worthing.
It proved to be a success and, by the end of January, more than 500,000 bookings had been made.
Councillors will discuss proposals to make the situation permanent during a scrutiny meeting on Wednesday (March 2).
Their recommendations will then be put to Deborah Urquhart, cabinet member for environment & climate change, who will decide whether or not to go ahead with the changes.
The option of extending the booking system to include the recycling sites at Burgess Hill, Billingshurst, East Grinstead, Midhurst and/or Westhampnett if needed will stay on the table.
A report to the committee said: “Consideration was given to adding Burgess Hill to the list of sites recommended for the permanent booking scheme.
“However, given that there is not an immediate need to do so, it is proposed to hold open this option.”