All posts in the topic Re: Fwd: London Road Masterplan SPD – Issues and Options Consultation (Short link)
Apart from how one gets included on these lists I too pondered the use of this term "corridor". Brighton has been branded as the place to be yet presumably, through default of terminology, London Road is conceived as that part of it one simply passes through to get to somewhere else. Hence the vast amounts of cash already spent on ensuring the present status of this neighbourhood as one huge traffic magnet. Where exactly are people passing through to, the Palace Pier, North Street, in search of a mystical seafront parking space? Presumably this would be the reason why Sainsburys (and now Tesco) view this neighbourhood as the perfect location for their drive-to supermarkets. Which seems a good point to begin questioning the core premise of any "masterplan". The way forward in my mind would be to encourage a far greater integration of residential, leisure, commercial and social infrastructure, reducing our cherished dependancy upon increasingly unsustainable armour-plated armchairs. For inspiration on how this challenge has been tackled elsewhere this is a useful start: http://www.ted.com/speakers/view/id/189 As to how I got onto the list - I'm not a local resident by the way - I'd assumed it had something to do with this forum. I'd expressed an opinion so it was considered wise to have me in the tent 'looking' out rather than outside 'looking' in, if you get my meaning. Tony C
Posting
Only members who are logged in can post, and you are not logged in.