Item 4 - East Sussex County Council

Gilbert Roadof buses and it likely that this will increase thelength of queues for general traffic along Seasideon the eastbound approach to the Whitley Roadjunction. Rat running on the roads adjacent toSeaside is already an issue. Should it be decided toimplement the bus lane, traffic counts would beundertaken in neighbouring roads before and afterits introduction. If it were found that there has beena significant increase in the number of vehiclesusing the neighbouring roads, then considerationwould be given to the introduction of traffic calmingmeasures.It is recommended that the rat running situationin the neighbouring roads is monitored andconsideration be given to future traffic calmingmeasures.TrafficLightsThe bus lane will result in even more cars usingother local roads such as - Gilbert Rd, Avondale Rd,Leslie Street, St Philips Avenue, Ringwood Road,Beltring Road, Addingham Road, Latimer Road andFirle RdBuses unlikely to gain much time at Whitley Roadtraffic lights and any time gained will be lost furtheralong Seaside towards Seaside Rounabout.Proposed new traffic lights at the WhitleyRoad/Seaside junction will cause confusion andadditional delays.9125 As part of the bus lane proposals it is intended toupgrade the Whitley Road traffic signals andintroduce a new traffic lights control system. Thiswill use modern technology to control the trafficlights more efficiently by responding to trafficdemands on each arm to reduce delays. This would8