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Report to:
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Lead Member for
Transport and Environment
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Date of
meeting:
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15 July
2024
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By:
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Director of
Communities, Economy and Transport
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Title:
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Petition: Zebra
crossing in Green Street, Eastbourne
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Purpose:
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To consider a petition
for a zebra crossing, bollards and repairs to the road surface in
Green Street, Eastbourne
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RECOMMENDATIONS: The
Lead Member is recommended to advise petitioners that:
(1)
A potential scheme
to implement a zebra crossing in Green Street between Caffe Corro
and Cheriton Court has been assessed through our approved High
Level Sift process and is not a priority for the County Council at
the present time; and
(2)
Green
Street will be assessed as part of this
year’s prioritisation process for potential inclusion in the
2025/26 Community Focussed Safety Scheme programme.
(3)
A request for
bollards to be installed in the footway between the Post Office and
the end of the parade of shops has been considered however, it is
not appropriate for this location.
(4)
Areas of the
carriageway in Green Street have been reported to East Sussex
Highways to inspect and action as appropriate.
1
Background Information
1.1.
At the County Council Full Council meeting on 7 May 2024, a
petition was presented to the chairman by Councillor Ungar on
behalf of a group of concerned members of the public. The group are
requesting a zebra crossing in Green Street, between Caffe Corro
and Cheriton Court. They are also requesting that bollards are
installed in the footway on the south-western side, between the
Post Office and the end of that parade of shops and that repairs
are carried out to the road surface in Green Street.
1.2
A copy of the petition is available in the Members’
Room. Standing Orders provide that where the Chair considers it
appropriate, petitioners are considered by the relevant Committee
or Lead Member and a spokesperson for the petitioners is invited to
address the Committee. The Chairman has referred this petition to
the Lead Member for Transport and Environment.
2 Supporting
Information
2.
2.1.
Green Street is covered by a 30mph speed limit, as indicated by the
system of street lighting in the road. Cheriton Court, the Post
Office and Caffe Corro are located on the south-western side of
Green Street, between its junctions with Victoria Drive and
Chamberlain Road. A location plan can be found at Appendix 1.
2.2.
Green Street is an unclassified road, with a high level of frontage
development. The northern-most end is primarily shops, known as
Albert Parade. There is a pedestrian dropped kerb at the
south-eastern end of Albert Parade outside Cheriton Court and
Trident restaurant. Time limited parking bays are provided on
the north-east side of the road and south-western side of the road
is covered by a single yellow line prohibiting parking between 8am
and 6pm Monday – Saturdays. Site photos can be found at
Appendix 2.
2.3.
Crash data supplied by Sussex Police for the 3-year period up to 30
April 2024 shows that there have been two crashes resulting in
personal injury in Green Street, between Victoria Drive and
Chamberlain Road. None of these crashes involved pedestrians or
mounting the footway on the south-west side of Green Street. A plan
showing the location of these crashes can be found at Appendix
3.
2.4.
The County Council has a limited amount of funding to develop local
transport improvements and needs to ensure that resources are
targeted to those schemes which will be of greatest benefit to
local communities. To help prioritise the numerous requests
received for improvements, a process was developed to determine
which schemes should be funded through the Integrated Transport
Programme.
2.5.
A request for a zebra crossing in Green Street, between Caffe Corro
and Cheriton Court, Eastbourne has been assessed to determine if it
might be a priority for future consideration; however, it did not
achieve the benchmark score to be taken forward at this time.
2.6.
The Road Safety Team have an allocation of funding to deliver
community focussed road safety interventions over a 3-year period.
This funding has been provided to enable the team to address sites
where there may not be a significant and/or sustained history of
crashes, but where concerns have been raised by the local
community. The types of measures considered under the Community
Focussed Road Safety Programme (CFRSP) are small scale measures
such as improvements to existing dropped kerb crossing facilities.
Whilst a zebra crossing would be outside the scope of the CFRSP,
Green Street will be assessed to identify if any other measures
could be introduced to address the petitioners’
concerns.
2.7.
A request for bollards to be installed in the footway between the
Post Office and the end of that parade of shops has been
considered, however bollards are not designed as vehicle restraint
systems. In addition to this, vehicles can legitimately park on
this side of the road between 6pm and 8am Monday – Saturdays
and all-day Sundays and the provision of bollards in the footway
would restrict vehicles from doing so.
2.8.
A site visit by Senior Traffic and Safety Officers identified some
areas of carriageway that require further inspection for
maintenance such as deteriorating road surface and faded road
markings. These have been reported to East Sussex Highways who will
determine whether these areas meet the agreed intervention levels
and what action will be taken.
3 Conclusion
and Reasons for Recommendations
3.
3.1.
It is recommended that the petitioners be advised that the
provision of a zebra crossing, between Caffe Corro and Cheriton
Court, in Green Street is not a priority for the County Council at
the present time. However, Green Street will be assessed as part of
this year’s prioritisation process for potential inclusion in
the 2025/26 Community Focussed Road Safety programme. It is also
recommended that the petitioners are advised that the request for
bollards to be installed in the footway between the Post Office and
the end of the parade of shops has been considered however, it has
not been deemed appropriate for the reasons given above. A number
of carriageway maintenance items have been reported to East Sussex
Highways to carry out and inspection and action as
appropriate.
Director of Communities, Economy
and Transport
Contact Officer: Clare
Akehurst
Tel. No. 01323 463402 Email: clare.akehurst@eastsussex.gov.uk
LOCAL
MEMBERS Councillor John Ungar
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