from that lane. The proposed scheme provides a bus lane from Vauxhall Road roundabout to South Street, as is shown in the drawing in Appendix B. Consultation Results A wide reaching consultation was carried out over the 6 weeks between 11 September and 22 October to gauge the on the proposals. 117 public’s views responses to the consultation were received and are summarised in the table below: All Responses Response Residents of Residents of All Sturry Road the area Strongly agree 0 14 31 45 Tend to agree 0 6 18 24 Neither agree 0 0 2 2 nor disagree Tend to 1 2 5 8 disagree Strongly 17 5 14 36 disagree 0 0 1 1 Don’t know Full details of the written responses and analysis of those responses are given in Appendix C. Residents raised common issues including loss of parking, loading problems that the bus lane would cause, traffic running much closer to houses with the issues of noise, vibration, safety and privacy. There was also concern about pedestrian safety as buses will be running much closer to the footways, particularly opposite the petrol station where the traffic lanes and existing footway widths are narrow. The Kent Tile Centre was concerned about parking and loading. There is often parking available in front of their showroom during the daytime while residents are away at work. They have concerns that if customers do not have convenient parking, their business will no longer be viable. Loading is another significant issue for residents. While the day to day issues such as postal services and refuse collections are allowed in the bus lane, deliveries of larger items such as furniture and white goods would not be permitted as standard. Deliveries would have to be made from the opposite side of the road or from side streets which causes issues for these larger deliveries either crossing a busy road or having to be moved from a parking space somewhere up a side street.
from that lane. The proposed scheme provides a bus lane from Vauxhall Road roundabout to South Street, as is shown in the drawing in Appendix B. Consultation Results A wide reaching consultation was carried out over the 6 weeks between 11 September and 22 October to gauge the public’s views on the proposals. 117 responses to the consultation were received and are summarised in the table below: All Responses Response Residents of Sturry Road Residents of the area All Strongly agree 0 14 31 45 Tend to agree 0 6 18 24 Neither agree nor disagree 0 0 2 2 Tend to disagree 1 2 5 8 Strongly disagree 17 5 14 36 Don’t know 0 0 1 1 Full details of the written responses and analysis of those responses are given in Appendix C. Residents raised common issues including loss of parking, loading problems that the bus lane would cause, traffic running much closer to houses with the issues of noise, vibration, safety and privacy. There was also concern about pedestrian safety as buses will be running much closer to the footways, particularly opposite the petrol station where the traffic lanes and existing footway widths are narrow. The Kent Tile Centre was concerned about parking and loading. There is often parking available in front of their showroom during the daytime while residents are away at work. They have concerns that if customers do not have convenient parking, their business will no longer be viable. Loading is another significant issue for residents. While the day to day issues such as postal services and refuse collections are allowed in the bus lane, deliveries of larger items such as furniture and white goods would not be permitted as standard. Deliveries would have to be made from the opposite side of the road or from side streets which causes issues for these larger deliveries either crossing a busy road or having to be moved from a parking space somewhere up a side street.