'Optical illusion' cycle lane that caused 59 injuries in a year undergoes maintenance work — locals have said the colour and dropped levels have seen pedestrians trip, Jacob Rees-Mogg recently calling it a 'failed experiment'
A Somerset town's"optical illusion" cycle lane, branded a"failed experiment" by Jacob Rees-Mogg, is back in the press today as the high street infrastructure is set to be improved with works, however the colouring and depth — issues locals have claimed are causing the problems — do not seem to be being addressed.
For the next two weeks, June 5 to June 22, the lane is to undergo maintenance to repair broken paving slabs and replace bollards and cycle stands, works a councillor says have been"scheduled for some time". In a sign of how the town's cycle lane story has reached the wider, less cycling-orientated media, Cllr Roper was speaking to"[The council has] already acted by introducing the red coloured cycle lane finish that has reduced the number of reported incidents significantly," he said, explaining that once the works are complete a design assessment will take place to decide if extra improvements are needed to reduce injury risk.
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