Item 4 - East Sussex County Council

APPENDIX 1Seaside Quality Bus Corridor – Phase 1Proposed Bus Lane & Cycle Track between Gilbert Road & Whitley Road, SeasideReport on ConsultationLetters setting out the details of the modified proposals for the Seaside bus lane and cycletrack were sent to the occupiers of the properties that were likely to be directly affected bythe revised proposals. These letters were sent to properties in area bounded by AnningtonRoad, Clarence Road, Beltring Road, Ringwood Road, Eshton Road, Latimer Road andHanover Road.In addition Eastbourne Borough Council and the statutory consultees were consultedabout the two options. The statutory consultees include the emergency services, busoperators, Freight Transport and Road Haulage Associations, Eastbourne HighwaysManager, East Sussex County Council Passenger Transport Group, AA Route DataResearch, RAC Motoring Services and the Eastbourne & District Chamber of Commerce.The modified Seaside bus lane and cycle track proposals were sent to a total of 910 localresidential, business and organisations on the 2 July 2007. The closing date for responseswas 20 July 2007.A total of 141 response forms were returned, representing a response rate ofapproximately 15%. The response form asked respondents to indicate which bus lane andcycle track option they preferred and included a comments box where respondents couldnote their views about the proposals. The results of the consultation are shown in Table 1below.Table 1 – Consultation ResultsOptionsNumber ofResponsesPercentageOption 1 - A 3 metres wide bus only lane, withshared cycle/footway on the pavement 40 28%Option 2 - A 4 metres wide shared bus andcycle lane, involving the loss of parking on theopposite side of the road12 9%Neither Option 1 nor Option 2 84 60%No preference/ Don’t Know 5 3%Total 141 100%1