Seafront issues

A number of seafront issues come up each summer. Following a request from a resident, officers have been able to improve markings on the cycle path where it meets the crossing below Brunswick Square. I hope this will improve safety there following the concerns raised.

The barbecue signs on the Lawns have returned and I am pleased in greater numbers following an additional request last month. These will only ever be a deterrent but I hope will reduce the number of barbeques on the Lawns and with it the costly damage to the grass. The council really must provide an acceptable site for barbecuing, as you see abroad.

A resident also asked me to request that the council repaints the railings on the seafront, which are in need of attention. He rightly states that the railings must not be the next bandstand! I am pleased to say officers have agreed to extend the painting of Brighton's railings into this part of Hove, later in the financial year.

Finally, health and safety training issues have delayed the completion of the Adelaide Ramp Walls by the Sussex Probation Service, I am promised this will be completed in due course.

Thank you to the council officers who have helped to achieve this progress.

Getting Hove Beach's blue flag back? We'll have to wait a year I'm told.