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Chairs Communications
Minutes:
2.1 The Chair provided the following communications:
“I wish to welcome all members and officers to the first meeting of the newly formed Transport and Sustainability Committee. The enormity of the agenda items on the former Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee as held by recent former administrations has meant that the proper attention to the full range of issues could not be held. Our environment is important. So, Labour has set up two committees to ensure proper focus and security can be achieved through the setting up on this committee and the City Environment, South Downs and the Sea Committee.
Thank you for attending this meeting at short notice. A need to review the A259 Hove Street to Wharf Road Active Travel Scheme has arisen; the contractor – RJ Dance (contractors) Ltd - is under contract and therefore we need to consider the proposals in this report as a matter of urgency to avoid ongoing costs. Therefore, this item should not wait until the next scheduled Transport and Sustainability Committee meeting on 6th July. I wish to thank officers who have managed to turn this around in a very short period to enable us to make our decision today.
The electorate of Brighton and Hove made a clear unambiguous choice on 4th May 2023. This city has put its faith in a party that listens; a party with vision and a party that sets out to restore basic services and deliver sustainable travel for all its residents.
As Chair of the Transport and Sustainability Committee; I want show leadership in how we treat people. How we refer to each other. The polemic divisive and sometime toxic comments between people who chose to cycle and those who choose to drive has no place in our welcoming diverse city. As an administration, we want to give people genuine freedom of choice; encouraging environmental considerations in choices made and to bring about affordable ways we chose to travel safely around our amazing city. As such I look forward to our discussion regarding the report on our agenda today”.