Agenda item

Paragraph 1 (Notice of Motion – Road Safety on the A259)

57.1     Councillor Claire Dowling moved the reserved paragraph of the Lead Member’s report.

57.2     The Chairman stated that as the recommendation of the Lead Member for Transport and Environment was to reject the motion rather than proposing an amendment the Council would vote on the original motion as proposed by Councillor Lambert and seconded by Councillor Grover as set out in paragraph 1.1 of the report.

57.3     Councillor Lambert indicated that she wished to amend the motion she had submitted as follows:

Members will be aware of the two accidents in two days that closed the A259 in Seaford at the junction with Marine Parade.  Statistically, the roads in East Sussex are among the highest in the country for killed and seriously injured people. Seaford is the biggest town in Lewes district and is continuing to grow.

East Sussex County Council agrees to (1) request the Cabinet to:

• undertake a proper survey of the whole town, not just the Buckle by-pass, with particular focus on all the junctions with the A259, to identify the areas of greatest risk to both car users, cyclists and pedestrians, and to come up with some concrete proposals to enhance road safety. The County Council is already undertaking a review of the A259 from Seaford to Brighton in terms of congestion and the safety of both car users, pedestrians and cyclists should be part of that;
• impose lower speed limits on the approaches to Seaford and to work with partners to ensure these are enforced;
• provide safe pedestrian crossings at key points of the A259 including at the Bishopstone junctions

(2) bearing in mind the wider concerns about road safety, to request the Place Scrutiny Committee, to undertake a review of the criteria for intervention on road safety issues including work on setting lower speed limits. .  

57.4     In accordance with Standing order 29 a vote was taken on whether the Council consented to the original motion being amended and the Council did not consent to the alteration of the motion.

57.5     The following motion was LOST after debate:

Members will be aware of the two accidents in two days that closed the A259 in Seaford at the junction with Marine Parade.  Statistically, the roads in East Sussex are among the highest in the country for killed and seriously injured people. Seaford is the biggest town in Lewes district and is continuing to grow.

East Sussex County Council agrees to request the Cabinet to:

• undertake a proper survey of the whole town, not just the Buckle by-pass, with particular focus on all the junctions with the A259, to identify the areas of greatest risk to both car users, cyclists and pedestrians, and to come up with some concrete proposals to enhance road safety. The County Council is already undertaking a review of the A259 from Seaford to Brighton in terms of congestion and the safety of both car users, pedestrians and cyclists should be part of that;
• impose lower speed limits on the approaches to Seaford and to work with partners to ensure these are enforced;
• provide safe pedestrian crossings at key points of the A259 including at the Bishopstone junctions.”