Residents in a Nottinghamshire town have described plans for a new cycle path as a 'waste of money'. Nottinghamshire County Council wants to create the lane on Kirkby Folly Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, just months after it built an unpopular cycle path on nearby High Pavement at a cost of £535,000.
The proposed lane on Kirkby Folly Road is set to be one of four new cycle lanes planned in the county, with Government funding providing the £4.6million cost. This particular path would involve grass areas being dug out and some trees being removed.
Postal worker Julie Morley, 55, said she does not believe the proposed path would benefit the area as there is already a safe path cyclists can use. She said: "I don't think it needs one personally - it's too quiet around here and it's already a safe road."
