ABOUT 85 per cent of people do not support the temporary cycle lane on Brighton seafront.

Residents were responding to a survey on the A259 lane, which was installed last year and takes up one lane of traffic.

Hundreds of respondents said the lane was causing traffic congestions, was affecting disabled people, and is not being used by cyclists.

Of those that responded to the survey, 94 per cent of people said they had travelled through the area since the temporary cycle lane was introduced.

84.8 per cent of people said they did not support the lane and 13.8 per cent said they did. The remainder were not sure.

If made permanent, residents said there should be better road markings, segregated from traffic and widened.

The Argus: Survey on the A259 cycle lane

That is compared to the survey on the Old Shoreham Road cycle lane, which was not supported by about 63 per cent of people.

Hundreds of respondents said it was causing congestion and pollution, as well as being dangerous and underused by cyclists.

If made permanent, residents would like to see the lane segregated, narrowed and extended. 

The Argus: Survery on the Old Shoreham Road cycle lane

The surveys are dated December 31, 2020, and have been released as part of an Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee next week.

The surveys were separate to a city-wide consultation on road layout changes, which was published yesterday.

That showed city is split on whether to reallocate road space for walking and cycling.

Roughly 50 per cent of Brighton and Hove are in favour of the idea, however most of the comments left about current schemes are negative.

Thousands of Brighton and Hove residents filled out a survey earlier this year to give feedback on schemes across the city.

The council was awarded £2.376m from the Department for Transport’s Active Travel Fund to support new travel options for the city.

This funding award was in addition to the £663,000 awarded last June, which was used to install temporary cycle lanes on the A259, Old Shoreham Road, and widen pavements in parts of the city.

The city council received more than 4,695 individual responses to the consultation on its schemes.