ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT & SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE 29 September 2020

Agenda Item 18(b) Brighton & Hove City Council

WRITTEN QUESTIONS

A period of not more than fifteen minutes shall be allowed at each ordinary meeting for questions submitted by a member of the public.

The question will be answered without discussion. The person who asked the question may ask one relevant supplementary question, which shall be put and answered without discussion. The person to whom a question, or supplementary question, has been put may decline to answer it. 

The following written questions have been received from members of the public:

(vii) Temporary cycle lanes – Elena Kerrigan

My 5 year old and I now cycle 2 miles from Portslade to school near Hove Park along the temporary cycle lane on the Old Shoreham Road.  The first regular exercise I've done in years.  We're avoiding buses because of Covid and don't want to have to buy a second car (my keyworker husband commutes by car).  Some councillors are calling for the lanes to be removed, and for other temporary lanes not to be implemented.   If this happens, how will the council provide safe, socially distanced, environmentally responsible travel for us, and thousands of other families across our city?

(viii) London Road and Dyke Road cycle lane impact assessments – Katherine Sykes

‘What impact assessments, and mitigation, are in place for the London Road and Dyke road cycle lane proposals. Assessments and mitigation that take into account impact on local communities, in this case specifically the Westdene community, including impact on whole of the The Deneway as an essential access road, the Westdene estates infrastructure, parking, congestion, air pollution, safety and equity of access?

(ix) Graffiti Reduction Strategy – Robert Rosenthal

In the event that the committee decide against requiring private homeowners or landlords to clean up graffiti on their own properties, how will the council facilitate its removal?

(x) Cycle Infrastructure – Sue Birch

As a mobility impaired disabled person who uses a bike as a mobility aid to get around and who does not own a car I rely on safe and properly integrated cycling infrastructure to get to work, to University and to get around the city to socialise. If the current temporary cycle lanes are removed and new ones under Tranche 2 not implemented, can the council guarantee that disabled and mobility impaired cycle users ability to get around safely will not be restricted?