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BBC News
25-04-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Concerns roadworks will impact Eastbourne's summer trading season
Business owners are calling for a halt to works to pedestrianise a road outside their shops ahead of the people fear the works in Terminus Road, in Eastbourne, will impact trade as the town enters the busiest time of traders said the scheme, which began in February, should continue and be completed as quickly as Sussex County Council has been approached for comment. The works are being paid for by a £19.8m grant from the government's Levelling Up Fund and are expected to be complete by government extended the deadline for funding to be spent by local authorities to the end of March next year, which some traders said gave time to delay the works over summer."Most of the traders here do believe that the summer is their peak, especially the restaurants," Paul Klein, owner of Eastbourne Antique Centre, said."I think the roadworks would impact them. For me, there would probably be less impact."There's a further extension until March, so it would make sense to pause the works for the summer and continue again in September to finish it off." Ebony McNeill, owner of Drop of the Ocean gift shop, said her business needed the summer trade."The summer months are the most important for us," she said."Last summer was brilliant. Winter was completely dead down her, which is doable if we can have the summer months."The concern is that this year we won't get that and will have to do a winter. It's going to be so tough."Obi Orah, owner of Proudly African store, called for the works to be done "swiftly"."Delaying the roadworks means we will still be here doing it all over again in March next year," she finished pedestrianised area will have al fresco dining, new paving, street furniture, newly-planted trees and flowers, according to the council.
BBC News
21-04-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Funding decision due on Exceat Bridge replacement plans
Councillors are poised to decide whether to commit additional funds to replace a bridge in East Sussex County Council's cabinet is due to decide on Tuesday whether to "re-direct" more than £11m towards plans to replace Exceat structure, which forms part of the A259 between Seaford and Eastbourne, is to be transformed into a new two-lane, two-way alternative meeting comes a little more than a month after the project was set to be discontinued due to its rising costs. Cabinet members had previously considered plans to construct a like-for-like replacement of the existing officers changed their recommendation, saying they wished to explore whether money tied to the council's Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) could be a new report to cabinet, officers say this change of course had been prompted by the involvement of the Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company Limited (B&H Buses) in the the bus company's intervention, the Department for Transport gave the council permission to reallocate £11.128m of BSIP say the reallocation will result in some disruption to other projects within the BSIP.
BBC News
06-04-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Bid to cut roadwork disruptions in East Sussex with extra charges
Contractors and utility companies will be charged more to work on the busiest roads in East Sussex in a bid to reduce disruption, it has been Sussex County Council (ESCC) has implement the Lane Rental Scheme, which will see firms pay more to carry out work on the busiest 5.9% of the county's road network during peak aim of the scheme is to encourage work to be carried out outside of peak hours and for those working on the roads to find more efficient ways of finishing the job, according to Dowling, the council's lead member for transport and environment, said: "The scheme will encourage shorter durations of work on the roads, help improve planning and coordination and encourage companies to get it right first time." The extra charges will run alongside the East Sussex Permit Scheme, with a maximum cost of £2,500 a genuine emergency work that must be carried out during peak times will not be charged under the new scheme for 48 hours from when it begins, the council the costs of running the new scheme are covered, ESCC says surplus money will be made available for highway improvements to limit disruption and roads included in the Lane Rental Scheme will be reviewed annually.
BBC News
26-03-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Lack of signer halts inquest into deaf TikTok influencer's death
An inquest into a deaf TikTok star's death has been adjourned because there were no sign language interpreters for deaf witnesses. Imogen Nunn died in Brighton on New Year's Day 2023 after taking a poisonous substance she ordered 25-year-old, who was born deaf, raised awareness of hearing and mental health issues on social media, attracting more than 780,000 Sussex County Council said a sign language translator was booked, but they were unable to attend "due to circumstances beyond our control". Coroner Penelope Schofield wrote in the prevention of future deaths report she had heard evidence there was a lack of sign language interpreters to support deaf patients being treated for mental health difficulties. "This was particularly apparent when mental health staff were seeking an interpreter at short notice for a patient who was in crisis," they said. The Horsham inquest has been adjourned until May 20. 'Hugely upsetting' Imogen's mother Louise Nunn called what happened "hugely upsetting and disappointing" in a statement released afterwards. "Sadly this is an issue she [Imogen] faced on countless occasions, including when trying to engage with the services meant to support her," she said, adding that Imogen's first language was British Sign Nunn welcomed the coroner's decision as the lack of interpreters would have prevented the deaf witnesses from giving evidence. She called for urgent action in response to the coroner's concerns, "so that no other family has to have their loved one's inquest disrupted in this way in future".The Horsham inquest has been adjourned until 20 May. If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this story you can visit BBC Action Line.
BBC News
11-02-2025
- Business
- BBC News
East Sussex opposition leaders urge action on day centres
Opposition leaders in East Sussex have said money saved from the cancellation of county council elections should be used to save day centres for elderly and disabled people from to close four specialist care centres to save £1m will be decided upon later when councillors meet to agree next year's have said the centres are a 'lifeline' and keep families together by preventing the need for residential Sussex County Council's Conservative leaders have said this budget is the "most difficult set of financial circumstances" it has ever experienced. The leaders of the Liberal Democrat and Independent Democrats groups will table a joint amendment proposing to redirect £1.65m that was budgeted for elections this to postpone county council elections due to take place in East and West Sussex were given the go-ahead by the government last Wednesday as Sussex was accepted onto its devolution priority say taking account of around £130,000 already spent by borough and district councils, who are responsible for running elections, that leaves £1.52m Democrat group leader, Councillor David Tutt, said: "One of the county council's priorities is to look after the most vulnerable people in our community and these are the most vulnerable people." About 230 people currently use the Phoenix Centre, Lewes, and Milton Grange, Eastbourne, which care for the elderly and those with dementia, plus Linden Court, in Eastbourne, and Hookstead, in Crowborough, which care for adults with learning Sussex County Council has said it needs to save £13.5m , draw on £12m of reserves and increase council tax by 4.99% to balance the say adult social care accounted for 48% of its budget last year and costs are "going through the roof".The East Sussex County Council budget meeting begins at 10:00 GMT.
