Residents have slammed a cash-strapped council for painting what could be 'Britain's shortest cycle lane' - which is barely the length of a bike. Road users were left baffled when the tiny stretch of bike lane recently appeared in the Stirchley area of Birmingham.
The white-painted markings opposite an Aldi supermarket on Hazelwell Street measure around 7ft (2.4m) long and takes barely a second to ride along. The cycle lane was installed by Birmingham City Council in a bid to make the road safer for cyclists to use.
But locals have branded it 'bizarre' and ‘a waste of money’ while criticising town hall bosses for spending taxpayers' cash on a 'useless' feature. Mum-of-one Lauren Hastings, 32, of Stirchley, said: "I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it, I thought the council must have had some paint left over.
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