Member

If we want to do something about the transport problem we have in Eastbourne, which, like many other coastal towns, grew a lot after the war, we need to remember it is very much a car-based design—the roads curl beautifully here and there and the houses are widely spaced. As a result, it is completely uneconomic to run public transport on them. People have to use their cars to get to the shops and to school because these are relatively far away. Why are we using these great, heavy electric cars to do something which could be done by a much lighter, cheaper, less fuel-consuming vehicle with less impact on the planet and on the pocket? The reason is the Government do not permit us to do otherwise.