Baffled Edinburgh cyclists say they have been left mystified by a giant metal pole in the centre of a new route near the city’s tram extension project.
Bike users travelling along the Western side of the bidirectional Leith Walk corridor are forced to briefly leave the cycleway and join the pavement to manoeuvre themselves round the streetlight placed directly in the middle of the lane.
Council bosses say the route, which forms part of the wider Trams to Newhaven project, is yet to officially open, adding the pole, which forms part of temporary overhead lighting, will be removed when the development is completed next year.
