Affected residents are to be consulted this month on suggested road safety improvements planned for Scroggs Hill Rd following their ongoing concerns about footpaths and speeding on the road.
They will also be asked about preferences to improve footpaths in Seaview Rd.
Improving the safety of various Brighton roads and footpaths had been on the cards for about four years in the area's community plan, council transportation programme engineer Michael Harrison said.
However, the Scroggs Hill Rd work could be done in the next year to 18 months after the Saddle Hill Community Board asked council staff recently to look at it as a priority.
One of the target areas, a sharp bend in Scroggs Hill Rd, is where a 12m-high 2degrees cell tower is to be erected.
Community concern about the safety of the bend has been highlighted during protesting against the tower. Mr Harrison said the improvements envisaged would not affect the cell tower's construction, and its construction would not affect any works, he said.
When Daryl Hanna, spokesman for protest group Brighton Residents versus 2degrees, spoke with the community board about the cell tower in June, he also spoke of road safety issues associated with Scroggs Hill Rd, including the lack of footpaths and visibility on the corner.
The fact the matter had highlighted the road safety issues on the road, and appeared to have sped up the council's response to that, was good, he said this week.
Mr Harrison said a consultant was engaged by the council to come up with some concept plans for several options for a new footpath around the bend in Scroggs Hill Rd, traffic calming measures further up it to slow cars down and improved footpaths on Seaview Rd.
The concepts were presented to the community board at its last meeting and affected residents would be invited to a public meeting at the Brighton Surf Lifesaving Clubrooms at 5.30pm on September 25 to speak and give feedback. Other members of the public were welcome.
Another meeting would then be held with the wider Brighton community, as the preferences for these streets could be used as the model for further street improvements across the town, Mr Harrison said.
