'The empty cycle lane in Sheffield should be removed'

I walked past the cycle lane on Shalesmoor/Derek Dooley Way in the evening rush hour twice last week and saw not one cyclist.
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Empty cycle lane

The tailbacks it has caused – along with the pollution it will have also caused will idling cars and other vehicles – are unacceptable.

Sheffield Council should remove it immediately.

An empty cycle lane on the A61 at ShalesmoorAn empty cycle lane on the A61 at Shalesmoor
An empty cycle lane on the A61 at Shalesmoor

It is baffling how the council has money to throw at things we don’t need like volunteer libraries, the cycle lanes on Shalesmoor and trips to China in connection with the failed deal to turn the Central library into a hotel, yet then claims it has no cash to spend on professionally staffed libraries or better buses.

We deserve better.

Matthew Smith

Stannington