Policy & Resources Committee
Agenda Item 118
Date of meeting: 24 March 2022
Report of: Executive Director for Governance, People & Resources
Contact Officer: Name: John Peel
Tel: 01273 291058
Email: john.peel@brighton-hove.gov.uk
Ward(s) affected: All
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Brighton & Hove City Council
Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee
4.00pm 15 March 2022
Council Chamber, Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ - HTH/CC
Minutes
Present: Councillor Davis (Joint Chair), Heley (Joint Chair), Lloyd (Deputy Chair), Wilkinson (Opposition Spokesperson), Nemeth (Group Spokesperson), Fowler, Hamilton, Hills, Peltzer Dunn and Platts
Part One
83 Member Involvement
(d) Notices of Motion
(3) Resident/Visitors ‘Bus Gate’ Fines
83.1 Councillor Nemeth moved the follow Notice of Motion:
This Council:
1. Notes that Labour and Green Groups voted to make permanent two Experimental Traffic Regulation Orders relating to ‘Bus Gates’ in Valley Gardens after figures were released showing that the gates are not working as intended and that around 10,000 residents/visitors are being fined each month;
2. Requests an urgent Officer Report to Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee to consider options to redesign the defective junctions.
83.2 Councillor Peltzer Dunn formally seconded the Notice of Motion.
83.3 In response to queries raised by Members, the Executive Director, Economy, Environment & Culture stated that the number of fines issued each month was declining and current figures could be provided after the meeting.
83.4 The Chair put the Notice of Motion to the vote that failed.
83.5 Councillors Nemeth and Peltzer Dunn requested that the official record their votes in support of the Notice of Motion.
The meeting concluded at 8.50pm