Calls to improve safety of Eastbourne pedestrian crossings

By Huw Oxburgh, Local Democracy Reporter
Published 9th Mar 2022, 16:32 BST
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Calls for improved pedestrian crossing in Eastbourne are due to be heard by a senior county councillor next week. 

On Monday (March 14), Cllr Claire Dowling, East Sussex County Council’s lead member for transport and environment, is set to consider a petition calling for a zebra crossing in Church Street to be upgraded to a traffic light-controlled pelican crossing.

The petition, signed by 169 people and submitted to the council by Liberal Democrat John Ungar, also calls for a pedestrian phase to be added at a set of traffic lights at the junction of Summerdown Road, Church Street, Victoria Drive and East Dean Road.

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The petition reads: “The county council has acknowledged that both these crossings meet the criteria to be upgraded but has not agreed to fund these upgrades. 

Zebra crossing in Church Street (Google Maps Streetview)Zebra crossing in Church Street (Google Maps Streetview)
Zebra crossing in Church Street (Google Maps Streetview)

“Both these crossings are used by children on their way to and from school and the roads are very busy.”