Thank you for your support to date. Now we are asking for more! We may have been quiet recently but we have been very, very busy!

The 690 buses per day diverted along Montpelier Road and Terrace, Upper North Street, and Regent Hill are causing chaos. Brighton and Hove City Council have used a Temporary Traffic Order (TTO), published on 28 December for 2 years, with no public consultation. The TTO removes a longstanding 7.5 T weight restriction on our residential streets, Upper North Street and Montpelier Terrace. Montpelier Road and Regent Hill are also both seriously affected, with all 4 streets being within the conservation area. The Council has taken no notice of the lawful requirement to restrict heavy vehicles and has done exactly the opposite, resulting in air, noise, light and environmental pollution and dangerous traffic hazards for pedestrians, including the numbers of school children who use these roads daily. Check out our Facebook page to see the chaotic incidents we are experiencing - www.facebook.com/WRRAG

Our legal team have advised that the TTO is unlawful and should be quashed because it uses the TTO process to remove the weight restriction in breach of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and has not provided justification for the duration of 24 months. They have also identified consultation flaws in the process. I have written to the Council with a formal letter before action raising these legal concerns and asked them to agree to revoke the TTO and, if they fail to do so, giving the Council notice that I will commence legal proceedings to quash the TTO. We expect a response in 7-10 days.

At this stage, I am raising £7,500 to fund the first stage of my legal costs to obtain legal advice and write to the Council with a letter before action. If the Council do not agree with our request then we need to commence legal proceedings through a judicial review and will be seeking further funding to cover the costs of bringing a case to court.

Please contribute whatever you can afford here -https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-690-buses-daily-on-4-residential-streets/

The numbers of people who support this action are as important as the amount they donate. Your donation will help us get justice for our community. 

Thanking you all in anticipation. As one of our group has said, this is a marathon, not a sprint!