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To: Brighton and Hove City Council
Reinstate Brighton and Hove's Aquarium Roundabout
We, the undersigned, demand that the Brighton Aquarium Roundabout is reinstated as soon as possible to facilitate the free flowing of traffic via the main city gateway and to access the seafront and main city car parks.
Why is this important?
The Aquarium roundabout is one of the oldest roundabouts in Britain and has been faithfully serving this major tourist resort with minimal accidents and incidents for 101 years.
Brighton and Hove City Council have now removed this roundabout against the wishes of the vast majority of residents without public mandate, having moved to a cabinet system of governance and rewritten the city constitution, also without public mandate.
Many local businesses and residents have complained that the removal of this roundabout will create permenant gridlock and discourage visitors from our seaside resort. They have been ignored by a council whose public remit is to serve us.
This unreasonable and city-damaging decision will lengthen a great many vehicle journeys, thereby increasing emissions, and needs to be reversed immediately.
Removing the Aquarium roundabout will create permanent city gridlock, discouraging visitors from visting a once-prime tourist resort.
We have a patchy coach service and an unreliable train service so for most visitors the only viable option is to visit Brighton and Hove by car.
There has been no economic risk impact assessment undertaken and the council have ignored all protests from local businesses and residents. They don't even seem to care about public transport and emergency vehicles being obstructed. Or that many contractors are now refusing to work in the city as it is too difficult to drive their vans full of tools.
No one can afford to pay emissions charges either as a result of artificially created gridlock. There is no logic or majority public benefit in removing this roundabout.
Brighton and Hove City Council have now removed this roundabout against the wishes of the vast majority of residents without public mandate, having moved to a cabinet system of governance and rewritten the city constitution, also without public mandate.
Many local businesses and residents have complained that the removal of this roundabout will create permenant gridlock and discourage visitors from our seaside resort. They have been ignored by a council whose public remit is to serve us.
This unreasonable and city-damaging decision will lengthen a great many vehicle journeys, thereby increasing emissions, and needs to be reversed immediately.
Removing the Aquarium roundabout will create permanent city gridlock, discouraging visitors from visting a once-prime tourist resort.
We have a patchy coach service and an unreliable train service so for most visitors the only viable option is to visit Brighton and Hove by car.
There has been no economic risk impact assessment undertaken and the council have ignored all protests from local businesses and residents. They don't even seem to care about public transport and emergency vehicles being obstructed. Or that many contractors are now refusing to work in the city as it is too difficult to drive their vans full of tools.
No one can afford to pay emissions charges either as a result of artificially created gridlock. There is no logic or majority public benefit in removing this roundabout.
How it will be delivered
By email.
