New Sydney Place legal challenge

The New Sydney Place LTN in Bath is deeply unpopular with surrounding residents, and is likely to reduce safety and increase congestion by pushing traffic onto less safe boundary roads. Despite this, Bath and Northeast Somerset Council appear determined to convert the experimental traffic regulation order (ETRO) that has been running since April into a permanent arrangement. Listening to their residents is not on their radar.

However, B&NES may have made a fatal error. By not publishing an adequate Statement of Reasons setting out the aims of the ETRO, we believe there is no legal basis in law to convert it to a permanent TRO. The type of Statement of Reasons used for New Sydney Place has already been proven inadequate in the legal objection to the Lower Lansdown LTN, and we therefore think we have strong grounds to challenge any move to make the ETRO permanent in court.

I am a Bath and North East Somerset resident leading a group of over 700 residents who have objected to the New Sydney Place LTN. I will be using the funds for legal costs as a litigant to challenge B&NES in court. Any unused funds will be donated to Dorothy House Hospice.

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