ePetition - Foot and Cycle Path For Roedean Road and Traffic Calming
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Foot and Cycle Path For Roedean Road and Traffic Calming
The footpath to exit the City on Roedean Road ends abruptly at East Brighton Golf Club and restarts at the western entrance to Roedean Crescent. Consequently pedestrians including the elderly, children and vulnerable persons have no option but to walk on the road. This is the only convenient pedestrian route connecting the Roedean Neighbourhood and Roedean School to the City.
In March BHCC turned down a planning application for 3 family
homes with road access from Roedean Road. This in part denied on
the grounds of a damning assessment of road safety by BHCC which
can be seen at BH2020/00971. A new submission has been made under
BH2020/01756 yet these dangers persist. Traffic calming measures
and a pavement are urgently needed for the benefit of the safety of
the occupants of all new homes on Roedean Road.
Roedean Road to the east of Roedean Fire Station is a rat run where
vehicles quickly gather speed to exit the city and there is a high
incidence of cars travelling above the unenforced the speed limit.
This places pedestrians in the path of vehicles and discourages
pedestrian and cycle access to Roedean and the City. The speed of
traffic entering and exiting the City on Roedean Road is a danger
to public health and safety. Once vehicles are through the traffic
light moving east drivers tend to put their ‘pedal to the
metal’. Narrowing the road, by adding a shared space
cycle/pedestrian footpath, in conjunction with other traffic
calming measures, would be congruous with the narrowing of the road
outside Roedean Fire Station and would slow traffic down. There
have been a number of serious accidents in this area.
This ePetition ran from 03/07/2020 to 28/09/2020 and has now finished.
239 people signed this ePetition.
Council response
Response provided at the Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee on 29 September 2020
"There are a number of other locations in the city where this
has also been
raised, some of which are on today’s agenda, but I want to
thank you for raising the need for pedestrians and cycles to
improve community safety in your area; particularly as there are no
pavements where you mention.
The council is currently developing its Local Cycling and
Walking
Infrastructure Plan, and I can confirm that your comments and
request about pedestrian and cycling issues in this location have
been noted by officers and will be considered as part of this
ongoing work.
When we investigate providing new footways, we do have to
consider the
overall costs which can include the need to re-construct road
surfaces and
drainage, and divert or lower underground services if there is
space to do so. These works can be major and would need to be
considered as part of our overall prioritisation of similar
locations, in order to determine their suitability for being
progressed within the budget available at the time.
But I thank you for raising this and for emphasising the
importance of being able to walk safely, so as I mentioned we will
pass this onto officers working on the local cycling and walking
infrastructure plan".