A Hove shopkeeper said that new parking restrictions could put his business at risk.
Adam Campbell, who runs Gill’s Home and Garden in Western Road, Hove, said that the restrictions prevented deliveries from being made for six hours a day.
The proposed loading and unloading restrictions would apply from 7am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm on the north side of Western Road between Holland Road and Farm Road.
The restrictions would affect a small number of other businesses, including the Tesco store on the corner at the Palmeira Square end of Western Road.
Mr Campbell, who stood for the Conservatives in the Brighton and Hove City Council elections in May, said that his shop was one of the greenest in the area.
He wrote to councillors: “Hardware is intrinsically green as it has always encouraged people to mend rather than throw away. This is very much at the heart of our business ethos.”
He accused the council’s cabinet member for transport and the public realm, Councillor Ian Davey, of “proposing to introduce draconian restrictions, allegedly at the behest of Brighton and Hove Buses”.
Mr Campbell, who also runs the Western Road Traders Association, said: “Apparently this is only during ‘rush hour’ but regrettably there is a huge hole in Councillor Davey’s logic.
“Rush hour in the morning is on the north side of Western Road into Brighton and I have no problem with the suggestion of restrictions between 7am and 10 am to facilitate that.
“However, would you not think that the reverse would be the case at the end of the day on the south side of Western Road with commuters returning home?”
Chaotic
Roger French, the managing director of Brighton and Hove Buses, said: “We just want the chaotic parking along that section of Western Road sorted.
“There is effectively a free for all and anyone parks anywhere to unload and use blue badges.
“We are not concerned about the detail of north or south sides of the road.
“It just needs proper management and enforcement of effective restrictions.
“At the moment this is completely lacking.”
Mr Campbell said: “I have requested a copy of the traffic survey that details our section of Western Road as of particular concern and the written request from Brighton and Hove Buses but to date these have not been produced.”
