A multi-million pound outline design has been agreed by the cabinet at Crawley council for the Station Gateway public realm and bus station improvements.

The design is aimed at bringing improvements to the bus station and along the Martletts, which links County mall to Queens Square.

Over £7 million pounds from the Crawley Growth Programme and Towns Fund has been secured for the investment, which will include better pedestrian and cycle access, along with seating and landscaping.

The Cabinet will ask all members of the council at a meeting on 13th December to approve the financial plan, which will be followed by three weeks of public consultation, planned to start on 14th January.

Sussex police are running their annual drink drug driving campaign across the county.

From now until the 1st January they are appealing to the public’s responsibility to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on the roads.

Last year 233 arrests were made whilst several thousand motorists were stopped and checked for drink or drugs whilst out driving.

The campaign is being supported by the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership and Surrey Road Safe.

Nominations for this year’s Reigate & Banstead Sports Awards are now open.

Residents are encouraged to nominate local people, teams, clubs, coaches or volunteers that they feel deserves recognition for their sporting contribution.

The awards recognise performance and dedication to sport in the borough for the period between 1 January and 31 December 2023. They are part of the Council’s strategy to promote active sport and encourage physical wellbeing.

Cllr Rod Ashford, Executive Member for Communities, Leisure, and Culture said: “We believe sport is an essential ingredient in creating and sustaining healthy communities.

“These awards are important, because they recognise the commitment of everyone involved in sport in our communities from those who play sport to those who coach sport and from volunteers to caregivers and parents.

“I really hope everyone will take this opportunity to nominate those individuals or groups who do so much to promote health and wellbeing through sport in our community.”
There are 11 categories this year:
• Volunteer of the Year
• Young Volunteer of the Year
• Changing Lives Award
• Sports Person of the Year
• Young Sports Person of the Year
• Coach of the Year
• Club of the Year
• Team of the Year
• Junior Team of the Year
• Senior Citizen Award
• Inclusive Sport Award.

How to nominate
Nominees must reside or be part of a club within the borough and nominations can be in as many categories, as long as the nomination meets the agreed criteria.

Details of how to nominate, including information about the different award categories and entry criteria are available via the council’s website.

The deadline for submitting nominations Sunday 28 January 2024.
Shortlisted nominees and their nominators will be invited to a prestigious awards ceremony evening event scheduled for Thursday 14 March 2024.