They said they were not asked about a plan to cover a section of the stream to enable cyclists to use it.
The Guernsey Press revealed yesterday that Education, Sport & Culture was investigating how to make the Water Lanes into a cycle route for the new post-16 campus at Les Ozouets.
The proposal is to put a metal grid across the stream in the narrowest part of the road to make it safer for bikes.
Resident Gareth Ford has written to all deputies and Traffic & Highway Services to voice his and other residents’ concerns about the impact of the plans.
His property is separated from the stream by a wide bank, which he owns but said that youngsters often climb onto it.
He worried that if the stream was covered, it would make it even easier for them to access the bank.
‘We regularly have kids jumping the bank, pulling up bushes and throwing branches, wood and foliage into the douit,’ he said in his letter.
‘I have had to split up a fight with Grammar School kids on my drive behind the bank, and on one occasion we stopped an older child forcing a younger child to smoke.’
As part of the plans it is also being suggested that street lighting in the lanes be increased, but Mr Ford said that this could lead to an increase in gatherings of youngsters and more anti-social behaviour.
He thought that fencing between the bank and the stream would be a solution.
But having experienced more serious examples of anti-social behaviour he said that there would clearly be a need for CCTV in the area, if the work went ahead.
Residents are also seeking assurances that motorcycles will not be able to use the lanes as well as bicycles.
‘We sometimes have motorbikes and scooters speeding through at night,’ he said.
Following a near miss between a motorbike and pedestrian, the constables were contacted and said that barriers should be installed to protect walkers.
Natalie Blyth regularly walks the lanes with her baby Daisy and said that it would be a shame to cover up the stream, even with a grid.
‘Cyclists come down anyway. I don’t like it, but they still do it,' she said.
She used the lanes regularly because it meant she felt safer with the pushchair rather than walking along the main road.
‘I walk up and down it every day for Daisy’s afternoon nap,’ she added.
‘I was with my mother-in-law last week, and she was shouting “No cycling allowed” at bike riders.’
But not everyone thought that covering the stream was a bad idea. ‘I think it would make it safer,’ said Jean-Pierre Lowry.
‘Every day I’m up and down.’
He said he had also seen motorbikes being ridden through the lanes.
And having lost his step in the lane at night and gone into the water due to poor lighting, he thought more street lights would be a good idea, too.
There has been a strong negative response to the plans, with 80 comments on the Guernsey Press website in eight hours, with people largely against the idea.
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