However, the reality on the ground is pretty dreadful.
Even before I got to Liverpool Street today, this shit blocked the cycle track.
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Like many of the dreadful private hire drivers in the area this one has registered their vehicle as a private hire in Wolverhampton...
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Mind you once I reached Liverpool Street, a local post person blocked the cycle lane with their van.
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After that was the proof, if needed, that temporary cycle facilities, are just that, temporary.
Easily damaged, in this case it looks like a motor vehicle had hit the plastic barriers and blocked the cycle lane.
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Salford council clearly couldn't care less about this facility. It is shit. There has been no effort to repair the dreadful road surface.
This is just not good enough!