ePetition - Whitehawk Speed Bumps

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Whitehawk Speed Bumps

We the undersigned petition Brighton & Hove Council to install speed bumps along Whitehawk Road from St Davids Hall to the Primary School and include traffic calming measures as part of the planning process for new builds

Motorists and bikes are driving at excessive speeds along this road where there are:Nurseries;Schools;Wellsbourne health centre;Family centre;Youth club;Library and residents including elderly;disabled and families with young children.
Four new blocks of flats have opened in the area with a fifth under construction,all using the above facilities. If the proposal for 700 new flats at Black Rock goes ahead this will add to the existing traffic problem.

This ePetition ran from 22/03/2021 to 14/07/2021 and has now finished.

60 people signed this ePetition.

Council response

We receive a large number of requests for traffic calming across the City. As things stand, priority for such schemes is given to locations that already have a high casualty risk level. Based on the current casualty history for this section of Whitehawk Road it would not be possible to prioritise a speed limit reduction scheme of this type above and beyond the current agreed programme of works.
The Council does however operate a mobile vehicle activated sign programme which places flashing warning signs around the City to help to improve driver behaviour and to raise awareness of speed limits at locations where residents have raised concerns. We will ask for Whitehawk Road to be included for consideration as part of this programme.
In the meantime, the Council is part of the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership and works with other bodies and Authorities to help improve road safety in the Sussex region. The Police are important partners and work with the Council and the community to help address concerns about speeding via its SpeedWatch initiative.

You can find out more about Community Speed Watch via this link to the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership: https://www.sussexsaferroads.gov.uk/info/safer-speed/safer-speed/community-involvement/community-speed-watch

I appreciate that this may not be the immediate solution you were hoping for but please rest assured that we take safety on our roads very seriously and all concerns are given fair consideration within the resources available.

 


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