City Hall chiefs were warned by internal council advisers that plans to remove an important cycle lane would prove hugely unpopular, but pressed ahead anyway. Bosses were told removing a cycle lane along Whiteladies Road would be a “real public relations risk”.
Last summer Bristol City Council revealed its plans to remove the cycle lane which runs from the junctions at Tyndall’s Park Road to Queens Road . That stretch of the road often floods, and the plans would have seen wider pavements and new larger drains to help prevent flooding.
But these plans were scrapped after proving controversial among many cyclists, as Whiteladies Road is a main corridor into the city from the north and the cycle lane is well used. New documents show how council bosses were warned of this potential risk in 2021.
