Council

Agenda Item 103

Labour Group Amendment

Litter on A27

That changes are made as shown below in bold italics and strikethrough.

This Council:

1. Recognises the efforts of community campaigners and Councillors who have drawn attention to the continued presence of copious amounts of litter along the sides of the A27 within the boundaries of the city;

2. Notes:

· the difficulties that the Council has experienced in paying for and planning short-term road-closures to facilitate clear-ups on the A27; and

· the responsibility for clearing litter from some all-purpose trunk roads has been transferred to Highways England in some areas of England; and

· that the burden and cost of keeping the highway and adjacent verges clear of litter on the strategic road network falls unfairly on some local authorities including Brighton and Hove City Council.

3.  Requests Officers to:

· liaise with Highways England to identify ways to mitigate and manage the clear up problem;

· bring a report to the be sent to Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee setting out proposals for a long-term strategy to fund and execute clean-up operations.: and

· create a timetable for clearing litter that both Highways and the council agree to.

4. This council asks the Chief Executive of the Council to write to the Secretary of State for Transport, requesting they use their powers under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to transfer responsibility for cleaning the A27 from Brighton and Hove City Council to Highways England.

Proposer: Cllr Gary Wilkinson                                Seconder: Cllr Carmen Appich

Motion to read if carried:

This Council:

1. Recognises the efforts of community campaigners and Councillors who have drawn attention to the continued presence of copious amounts of litter along the sides of the A27 within the boundaries of the city;

2. Notes:

· the difficulties that the Council has experienced in paying for and planning short-term road-closures to facilitate clear-ups on the A27;

· the responsibility for clearing litter from some all-purpose trunk roads has been transferred to Highways England in some areas of England; and

· that the burden and cost of keeping the highway and adjacent verges clear of litter on the strategic road network falls unfairly on some local authorities including Brighton and Hove City Council.

3.  Requests Officers to:

· liaise with Highways England to identify ways to mitigate and manage the clear up problem;

· bring a report to the Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee setting out proposals for a long-term strategy to fund and execute clean-up operations: and

· create a timetable for clearing litter that both Highways and the council agree to.

4. This council asks the Chief Executive of the Council to write to the Secretary of State for Transport, requesting they use their powers under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to transfer responsibility for cleaning the A27 from Brighton and Hove City Council to Highways England.