A councillor has said residents in a Nottinghamshire town are "up in arms" over "reckless" plans for a new cycle path. Earlier this year, Nottinghamshire County Council hit national headlines after spending £535,000 on a cycle lane in High Pavement, Sutton-in-Ashfield.
One council leader branded that three-metre-wide, two-way route as "dangerous" and "the biggest waste of money I've seen in all my time". Now, Ashfield Independents, the group which runs Ashfield District Council, said the county council looks set to "repeat its mistake" just a few miles away in the town, on Kirkby Folly Road.
According to Ashfield Independents, it is one of four new cycle lanes planned in the county at a cost of £4.6million using Government funding, and the proposed work includes ripping up mature trees and causing other "environmental damage". Ashfield Independents claim the proposals go "too far" and believe a "more modest scheme is the right thing for cyclists, road users and residents".
