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Bungling councils wasted £1m of taxpayers’ cash turning roads into ‘cycle-friendly zones’

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Town halls have squandered nearly £1million after being forced to scrap controversial road schemes brought in during the pandemic. An investigation reveals councils have spent millions more on schemes that have been riddled with problems, including increased pollution, traffic gridlock and delaying emergency services vehicles. Freedom of Information requests were sent to local authorities across … Read more

Sadiq’s war on cars: How motorists are secretly taking down cycle-friendly bollards

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Drivers have been turning to guerilla tactics to battle against London’s increasing number of cycle-lanes as some shared tips online for how to remove road bollards, it was revealed today. A social media user, with the handle @BobfromAccounts, tweeted out a photograph of a missing bollard on Cleveland Road in London earlier this week. Tweeting … Read more

New cycle-friendly road blocks stop paramedics reaching patient

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Paramedics had to wait up to 20 minutes to get to a patient who had collapsed in an alleyway because their ambulance was blocked by bollards installed as part of a new traffic scheme. Emergency services were called to Ealing in West London after the man was found unconscious by residents, but medics were impeded … Read more