"A bike lane doesn't close a village": Dame Sarah Storey defends cycle lane blamed for "ruining business" and "killing village", calls shops closing "a coincidence, not an unexpected consequence"

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Sarah Storey defends bike lane blamed for "ruining business"

"A bike lane doesn't close a village": Dame Sarah Storey defends cycle lane blamed for "ruining business" and "killing village", calls shops closing "a coincidence, not an unexpected consequence"

"When it was being built it was just chaos. I've seen two people on that bike lane since it's been there and you were one of them," the caller called Gary said in an interview reported by the "A bike lane doesn't close a village. It opens it up and enables more people to choose to move. Not everybody can drive, not everybody owns a car and they're now connected to a train station and soon to the town centre through the extension."

In March, business owners blamed the cycle lane for their struggles, the owner of a local chippy saying customers used to"pull up, order the food, get back into the car, and away they go". If you don’t want to subscribe, please turn your ad blocker off. The revenue from adverts helps to fund our site.

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