Policy steers for Transport and Environment 2006/07
The policy steers for this service are as follows:
- provide less congested and safer roads, with targeted maintenance, traffic management and parking controls (including civil parking enforcement in towns)
- promote the Bexhill-Hastings Link Road and press for upgrades of A21, A259, A27 trunk roads, especially dualling of A27 road at Southerham/Beddingham
- promote improved rail links along the South Coast and to London and explore the case for reinstatement of rail between Lewes and Uckfield
- introduce more village speed limits, using speed reactive signs to reinforce them
- work with our schools and colleges through Travel Plans to cater efficiently for movements of young people
- develop new waste facilities that will cater safely for our own needs, while exploring the establishment of a single collection/disposal authority with our borough and district councils
- plan strategically for the development of the County, inside the South East region, with a focus on our coastal communities, taking full account of the essential links between development and infrastructure
- prepare Master Plans for the ‘’Eastbourne-Hailsham’’ and ‘’Central Rail Corridor’’ areas
- work with nature to create wetlands that will help to cope with flooding and attract Environmental Tourism, seeking efficiencies from partnership working with other organisations
- progress major planning applications which deal with facilities critical to our environment such as waste and wastewater processing.
