Decision details

To consider a petition calling on the County Council to install a speed camera in the vicinity of the zebra crossing in Upperton Road, to monitor traffic travelling towards the town centre.

46.1     The Lead Member considered a report by the Director of Communities, Economy and Transport.

46.2     Mr Alan Howlett, the Lead Petitioner for the petition calling on the County Council to install a speed camera in Upperton Road, Eastbourne spoke to highlight safety concerns surrounding the pedestrian crossings on Upperton Road and the benefits of a speed camera if installed within the vicinity of the pedestrian crossings.

DECISIONS

46.3     The Lead Member RESOLVED to advise petitioners that:

(1) The area in the vicinity of the zebra crossing on Upperton Road does not meet the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership criteria for a speed camera; and

(2) The existing speed camera further along Upperton Road, near the Goffs is due to be replaced in 2025.

REASONS

46.4     The site has been assessed against the criteria for a speed camera. The crash history and the causation factors of these crashes at the site for the previous 3-year period mean that the threshold for a speed camera to be considered has not been met.