00:00We're here today because we want to question the decision-making process the
00:04council have gone through in deciding to put this Low Traffic Neighbourhood in
00:08place, particularly how they've consulted and engaged the residents and how they've
00:12considered government guidance on the need for local traffic neighbourhoods to
00:17have community support.
00:19And they haven't had community support.
00:22There's 67.5% of those who responded to the consultation didn't want any of
00:29the LTN to come into force. They've ignored all of that. We as part of the
00:35West Dullings Action Group, where we support over a thousand residents, locals
00:40and businesses, have put together a case where we've shown that actually the LTN
00:47increases traffic, increases pollution and actually there's 6,300 children who
00:54go to school on the boundary roads which the council don't even evaluate or
01:01monitor. They just look at people within the LTN. And so we've gone to them with
01:05clear concerns that something's wrong and they've actually ignored it. They've
01:10pretended to listen. Yes, yes, yes, we'll get back to you. We gave them plenty of
01:16time to answer our questions and you never get an answer to a question.
01:20We're the first council to call a climate emergency and you get generalisms.
01:25I think the process the council's gone through has been shockingly bad and they
01:31haven't really had any intention to listen properly to the concerns
01:35expressed by the community. They've planned to do this all along and the
01:39process they've gone through has been a sham.
01:41How would you rate your chances of success?
01:43I think we've got a good chance of success. These cases are difficult to win but I
01:48think we've got a good chance of success.
01:50What difference would it make to residents if you do secure a victory emergency?
01:54It's about councils listening to their community and if you listen to your
02:01community who know where they live, they understand the needs of the community.
02:07You know, on our boundary roads you've got all the poorer communities who live
02:11and they're going to suffer more pollution whereas people in the LTN
02:15won't. So, if you listen to your community and get support for things, it
02:19would just be much better in this day and age where you're being told what to
02:22do all the time.
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