ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT & SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE 21 September 2021

Agenda Item 33(b) Brighton & Hove City Council

WRITTEN QUESTIONS

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:

(1) Councillor Yates- Motorcycle Parking

Can the council commit to review their policies for the parking of motorbikes with respect to:

- On street paid spaces

- Access to residents parking permits

- Provision of on street secure parking facilities such as tethers

Residents see parking facilities for both cycles and motor cars and those residents and visitor who use motorcycles deserve similar consideration rather than the haphazard approach where a motorbike visitor to the CPZ cannot use the visitors permit to park in a bay that we would be happy for a car to use       

(2) Councillor Fishleigh- Bike Racks on The Undercliff at Saltdean

The Undercliff is a very popular cycle route promoted by the council.  Please could we have bike racks installed at the Saltdean end which is where many people stop for the cafe and sandy beach.

There are bike racks by the lido but they are not signposted from the Undercliff and are a bit far from the seafront.

(3) Councillor Fishleigh- LCWIP

Residents from Ovingdean and Rottingdean have already been to numerous committees to ask for pavements and bike lanes beside Greenways and Roedean Road which are both busy main roads. These will help them out of their cars.  Will pavements and bike lanes at these locations be included in the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan, when will the plan be finished and who is working on it?

(4) Councillor Fishleigh- Bins in Ovingdean

An Ovingdean resident came to committee and asked for new bins throughout the village. He even suggested locations. Sadly, no bins have appeared so please would you give me an update?

(5) Councillor Fishleigh- Refuse collections

My friends in East Saltdean never have any problems with their bin collections. Not before COVID. Not during and not now. They even have food waste collections.  What lessons can BHCC learn from LDC?

(6) Councillor Nemeth- Seafront Cycle Lane Safety

What assessment has been made of safety to vulnerable, disabled and other pedestrians, and to cyclists themselves, of misleading markings that are still in place on the seafront cycle lane and of the continued misuse of that cycle lane whereby many cyclists continue to cycle along it in the wrong direction?

(7) Councillor Nemeth- Wish Park Path

When will a path on the west side of Wish Park be reinstated, as per the wishes of ward Councillors and various other interested parties, to overcome the current unacceptable situation which sees vulnerable and disabled park-users having to leave the park itself just to get around it when the ground is wet?

(8) Councillor Nemeth- Aldrington Tunnel

Why did the Chair back the removal of pedestrian safety measures at Aldrington Tunnel without assessing the risk in any way whatsoever to vulnerable and disabled pedestrians and without discussing the matter with any groups, such as Possability People and BADGE, that represent those who are now most in danger?

(9) Councillor Nemeth- Parking Permits

What assistance has the Council been giving to the thousands of vulnerable residents who have found it impossible to renew their parking permits in recent months and since I raised the subject at the June meeting of this committee?

(10) Councillor Nemeth- Bikeability in schools

What discussions has the Chair had with schools to address concerns over a reduction in Bikeability training over the forthcoming year?

(11) Councillor Nemeth- Madeira Drive

Knowing full well how hard the Council’s Events Team has worked to ensure the continuation of events on Madeira Drive, why has the Chair overseen inadequate consultation of interested parties when painting a large proportion of the road green amid warnings from event organisers and myself at the last meeting of this very committee?

(12) Councillor Nemeth- Barley Grass

What, if anything, is the Chair doing to tackle the proliferation of highly-invasive barley grass in our parks, on our pavements and around trees to ensure the safety of dogs and to increase biodiversity?