A Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) for Hornsea has faced significant opposition from the Town Council, leading to calls for further consultation before it can proceed.
The dispute comes as East Riding Council attempts to roll out 14 new LCWIPs covering main settlements in the area, 13 of which have reportedly been well-received.
A further meeting has been scheduled between the Town Council and East Riding Council today to resolve the issues.
Councillor Barbara Jefferson, who is both a member of the East Riding Council cabinet and a Town councillor in Hornsea, asserted that the plan had met with deep resistance locally. Councillor Jefferson stated that the members of the Town Council were deeply unhappy with the proposals.
"The Hornsea Town Council members were very dissatisfied with this plan. They found it inconsistent. They disagreed with many of the points that were in it and in fact took a very long time to talk about it.
I have to say that there are things which are not correct.
The town council are unhappy. They disagree with the statements. They would like further consultation."
The LCWIPs cover 14 settlements, including Principal Towns such as Bridlington, Driffield, and Goole, alongside Hornsea. The Transport Policy team updated these plans to cover the next 10 years.
The wider set of LCWIPs are designed to encourage residents to make short local trips by foot, bicycle, or wheel, rather than using a single occupancy private car, with the aim of reducing congestion and pollution while improving public health.
Helen Firth, Principal Transport Policy Officer, emphasised the importance of these initiatives:
"Local cycling walking infrastructure plans are a vital part of the government's strategy to increase walking, wheeling, and cycling for short local trips.
This provides cheaper, healthy, and environmentally sustainable alternatives to the car, helping to reduce our aims to reduce congestion, pollution, and improve public health as well."
Despite the issues surrounding the Hornsea proposal, East Riding Council stated that the overwhelming feedback across the remaining 13 schemes has been positive. Claire Hoskins, Director of Asset Strategy at East Riding Council, confirmed that the general reception across the board has been strong.
"We did do an extensive public consultation and also consulted individually with each of the relevant town and parish councils and actually the feedback we've had across the board with the exception of Hornsea has generally been really positive and the town and parish councils really appreciate the opportunity to have a bespoke plan for their area that the residents have been able to feed into and that producing a list of schemes that are very much distinct to their locality and their needs.
That said, we don't want to push through plans that haven't got that endorsement from the local town and parish councils. Otherwise, it really renders the process rather pointless.
But from my understanding, the remaining 13 reports have been well received."
East Riding Council confirmed that the development of LCWIPs involved a two-stage consultation process, including engagement with elected representatives, stakeholders, and a public consultation. The council aims to support the government's ambition for cycling and walking in England, which seeks to enable "active travel choices for shorter journeys".
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