'Nightmare' cycle lane is 'accident waiting to happen'

Residents are outraged after the installation of 'nightmare' cycle lanes which one councillor described as 'an accident waiting to happen'.

The lanes in question are situated on a number of inter-connected routes leading into Southport town centre, but particular focus has been centred on the lanes constructed on Queens Road, Hoghton Street, Chapel Street and Talbot Street. Celia Byrne and Wendy Pleasance are two Southport residents who attended the council meeting hoping to lodge their objections in person. They were both incensed at what they called 'undemocratic' proceedings after witnessing the council approve most of of the TROs.

Wendy lives by Hesketh Park and regularly uses Albert Road which we said is now a 'nightmare' route. She said: "Queens Road is absolutely empty and anyone with half a brain of sense can see this situation is completely ridiculous. These are sentiments shared by Conservative councillor, Mike Morris who is the elected representative for Cambridge ward. Cllr Morris said he was against the scheme from the start and should never have been installed. He also quizzed the council on why the 'many thousands' of local resident objections had not been noted when creating the evaluation report.

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