Post by carolyn on Jan 29, 2008 17:26:27 GMT 1
Press release from Brighton & Hove Council, possibly only of interest to Stu "Tufty" Huggett 
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A new road safety campaign reminding pedestrians to look before they step off the pavements is being launched on Wednesday 30 January.
The campaign, a joint initiative between Brighton & Hove City Council and Sussex Police. will run alongside work to improve road safety at one of the city’s accident hotspots which started last month.
The junctions between St James’s Street, Castle Square and East Street will benefit from a package of measures to make it safer for pedestrians to cross the road. These will include new traffic lights to provide a smoother transition across the road, pedestrian crossings, widened footways and changes to the bus lanes.
The road safety campaign will include banners and posters which have been designed with a ‘Stop and Look’ message.
Environment Councillor Geoffrey Theobald said: “The council is working hard to improve safety for pedestrians crossing city centre roads, and new measures will make a big difference.
“However, the council and police can only do so much. Pedestrians can also play their part by following the advice of the road safety posters, only stepping off the pavements when the traffic signals say it is safe, and avoiding talking on mobile phones and listening to music.”
The improvements are part of a £1.5 million scheme to improve road safety from the bottom of St James Street up to Churchill Square. Funded by the government’s Department of Transport, the scheme will be carried out in two stages. The first stage starts this month and is expected to be finished by the end of March 2008.
The second phase is proposed to start this summer and finish in Spring 2009.
A public exhibition of scheme proposals (East Street to Churchill Square) will be held in The Chapel Royal, North Street, Brighton, starting from 28 February to 13 March.
The scheme has been designed following extensive research, including a study into pedestrian behaviour, and aims to reduce bus and pedestrian collisions by 30%.
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A new road safety campaign reminding pedestrians to look before they step off the pavements is being launched on Wednesday 30 January.
The campaign, a joint initiative between Brighton & Hove City Council and Sussex Police. will run alongside work to improve road safety at one of the city’s accident hotspots which started last month.
The junctions between St James’s Street, Castle Square and East Street will benefit from a package of measures to make it safer for pedestrians to cross the road. These will include new traffic lights to provide a smoother transition across the road, pedestrian crossings, widened footways and changes to the bus lanes.
The road safety campaign will include banners and posters which have been designed with a ‘Stop and Look’ message.
Environment Councillor Geoffrey Theobald said: “The council is working hard to improve safety for pedestrians crossing city centre roads, and new measures will make a big difference.
“However, the council and police can only do so much. Pedestrians can also play their part by following the advice of the road safety posters, only stepping off the pavements when the traffic signals say it is safe, and avoiding talking on mobile phones and listening to music.”
The improvements are part of a £1.5 million scheme to improve road safety from the bottom of St James Street up to Churchill Square. Funded by the government’s Department of Transport, the scheme will be carried out in two stages. The first stage starts this month and is expected to be finished by the end of March 2008.
The second phase is proposed to start this summer and finish in Spring 2009.
A public exhibition of scheme proposals (East Street to Churchill Square) will be held in The Chapel Royal, North Street, Brighton, starting from 28 February to 13 March.
The scheme has been designed following extensive research, including a study into pedestrian behaviour, and aims to reduce bus and pedestrian collisions by 30%.
