Removal of the temporary Upper Shoreham Road Pop Up Cycle Lane

The temporary pop up cycle lanes were eventually removed by WSCC on the 18/19 January 2021. However, there is now likely to be a full consultation exercise in Qtr1 2021 on a potential for a permanent cycle lane along all or part of the Upper Shoreham Road. We will try to keep you updated on this consultation process as it is important the wider community is able to participate, something which did not happen with the temporary pop up cycle lanes scheme.

WSCC Environment and Communities Scrutiny Committee, on 18 November 2020, considered the call-in of the emergency active travel cycle scheme installed in Shoreham and asked the Cabinet Member for Highways and Infrastructure to reconsider his decision to remove the scheme.

The Cabinet Member has carefully considered all of the available information, including the call-in reasons and the comments made at the committee meeting and is also aware that the majority of comments received by the County Council (via the on-line survey and correspondence) were opposed to the scheme due to loss of parking, safety and lack of consultation.

The scheme constituted significant changes to the highway with no time to undertake meaningful engagement with local stakeholders. The Cabinet Member has, therefore, confirmed his decision to remove the Shoreham emergency active travel cycle scheme. The date of removal is planned for 13-18 December.