Council meeting disrupted by anti-cycle lane protestors
“Typical left-wing council ignoring the majority vote”: 28 cycle lanes given go-ahead at council meeting disrupted by locals protesting “ludicrous” decision
branded the new cycling scheme around Birkenhead as “a monumental waste of taxes” and a “recipe for disasterHowever, things took a turn at the Environment and Transport Committee meeting on Monday, when around 80 people showed up to show their discontent with the proposed cycling infrastructure, shouting at the councillors to scrap the plans in Wallasey.reports that one woman was heard saying: “I have never heard such a load of crap in my life. I could be watching Emmerdale.
However, the local authority had informed the public that it had shifted the priority of some plans “to reflect concerns raised”. The plans included in the proposal are also subject to further review, surveys, technical work, and public feedback with routes having the flexibility to be altered further down the line.
> “Such derogatory remarks have no place in a civilised society”: Councillor slammed for branding cycling campaigners “the Active Travel Taliban” and for “spreading unwarranted misinformation” about bike lane scheme However, Conservatives strongly criticised the policy arguing the council needed to listen to the public. Cllr Vida Wilson said the Fender Lane cycle route near her ward was a “white elephant,” adding: “When are the majority going to realise that these cycle lanes aren’t supported by the majority of people in Wirral?”
Previously, local Tory leader Green claimed that the “majority” of residents were “against the scheme”, describing some of the project’s design elements – such as floating bus stops – as a “recipe for disaster”. He said that “in spite of the ‘Active Travel Taliban’, residents remain opposed to the loss of parking, pedestrian crossings, and trees that this scheme would require.
They always trot out these same issues when cycling is the topic, and I bet they never ever think about these issues in their daily lives , they are just a convenient excuse. What they are really against is any change to the status quo, ie car is number 1.There seem to be a lot of people out there who think that a public consultation is some kind of plebiscite or referendum. I see it all the time - '99% opposed it but it still went ahead'.
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