ePetition - Speed bumps on Ovingdean Road
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Speed bumps on Ovingdean Road
The 20mph speed limit is not respected by many cars and larger vehicles coming around the blind bend on Ovingdean Road. In particularly horse riders (who have no choice but to use this road to access the nearest Bridleway) and cyclists witness daily dangerous driving, including: speeding; passing other road users too closely; overtaking without visibility on the blind bend; swerving into the oncoming lane; skidding when the road is wet, esp downhill. Several incidents have been reported to the British Horse Society over the last few years and the police have also been notified of individual incidences of dangerous driving on this bend. Without enforcement, however, drivers are not respecting the speed limit and it is only a matter of time before there is a serious consequence to the poor behaviour observed regularly on this road.
This ePetition ran from 13/10/2016 to 24/11/2016 and has now finished.
220 people signed this ePetition.
Council response
Response provided by the Chair of the Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee meeting on 11 October 2016
"Thank you for your petition.
I attended a Residents Association meeting on 22nd September along with your ward councillors and listened with interest to concerns and suggestions to deal with issues in Ovingdean Road
Brighton & Hove City Council receive many requests for
traffic calming or other measures to mitigate against the effects
of traffic in the streets or neighbourhoods where they live and so
we have had to adopt a policy where we address those areas where we
know people are suffering injuries as a priority.
The collision record for Ovingdean has been checked and I am
pleased to say that there have been no injury causing collisions in
the past three years. We are also aware from previous checks that
the average speed through the village is around 24mph so with no
injuries and low speeds I am afraid that we are not in a position
to directly prioritise this request just now.
However, should there be any possible developments around the
village that may give us potential income in the form of
development agreements then we will revisit this decision. And in
addition, as promised at the meeting, we will look at low-cost
measures such as improved signage to highlight the fact that
sections of Ovingdean Road are a shared space may be
possible”