Plans to install road humps outside a school in Eastbourne have been criticised by residents.

People living near Willingdon Community School, Broad Road, fear an increase in traffic in neighbouring roads, damage to cars and the loss of bus services.

Officers at East Sussex County Council, who received six letters of protest, have recommended the traffic-calming scheme should go ahead.

School governor Councillor Stephen Shing said: "Our children's safety is the most important thing and if you drive carefully over the humps they won't cause any damage."

But Betty Hale, 64, from Willingdon, said: "It's not that I don't want the kids walking to school but I'm just worried they will move the bus route.

"I find it difficult to get around and I rely on it to get into town and back."

The scheme has been recommended as part of the Safer Routes to School programme to encourage youngsters to cycle and walk to school.

If voted through by councillors on Wednesday, it would include a shared bicycle and footpath to the school, a zebra crossing and the introduction of waiting restrictions for parents.

Deputy head Philip Tomlinson said: "Everyone recognises it's better to cycle or walk to school.

"The road is crowded with parents dropping children off, buses, residents' cars and even funerals from the church opposite."