Anti-cycling “vigilantes” are said to have removed wands on a pop-up bike lane in Hove that was supposed to protect cyclists from motorists as part of coronavirus emergency measures.
The Argus says that the wands - similar to the ones in London pictured above - which provided light segregation on the lane on Old Shoreham Road close to the junction with Stapley Road, were removed at the weekend.
The emergency infrastructure, as with another pop-up bike lane on Brighton’s seafront, has been the subject of petitions supporting it and calling for it to be removed.
Chris Williams, who set up a petition to extend the lane, said: “It’s really sad that the cycle lanes have been vandalised as the plastic dividers allow families, kids and older people to feel safe enough to cycle along this busy road.
“This is particularly important given the need for socially distanced travel and recent announcements on cycling for better health.
“The money for the lanes came from a central Government grant and the dividers are part of new Government safety regulations.”
That petition, and another calling for the lane to be scrapped, had been due to be debated at a meeting of the council last week, but that has been postponed after the Green Party gained control following a by-election earlier this month.
The petition to remove the lane was set up by Peter Challis, who told the Argus that the people who removed the wands should not have taken matters into their own hands.
“I think the people should not have done it and they should be going through the official processes to get things done.
“However, I can understand that people are getting fed up because nobody is listening to them, he added."
This is absolutely fine. Once the two stem bolts are torqued up correctly, you could in fact remove the top cap altogether. It is no longer serving...
Admit it - you work for the Met, don't you?
Get home before sundown.
Good for him - I guess the Clyde cycle tunnel wasn't "practicable" for that journey.
Done this for the past few years (covid permitting), and the people along the route are overwhelmingly supportive, although the smell of barbeques...
Reports of antagonistic motorists along the route will do little to brighten the mood of RideLondon’s organisers...
I had my brake mount surfaces faced, and I can't stress enough how crucial this is. While the front was fine on my frameset, the rear had one...
Dunno but I hope they paid extra for taking up 3 spaces !
Only 5 points for failing to steer a bus around a person?...
Not ideal - but I wasnt epxecting it to be. It beeps and vibrates and shows proximity as a bar on the RHS of the face just like it would on an...