The Town Hall’s latest cycle lane consultation has been slammed for avoiding the areas most affected by the proposals.
The ‘Core Active Travel Network’ will ramp up current plans for segregated cycle lanes, extending through Wallasey Village, Moreton and Upton.
The consultation on the routes is currently underway and includes eight ‘in person’ exhibitions, mostly in places where no routes are planned.
However, none are taking place in Wallasey Village, or Moreton where all four roads into Moreton Cross are designated for cycle lanes.
Councillor Lesley Rennie (Conservative, Wallasey Ward) said: “This is the council’s third consultation on cycle lanes in Wallasey and they still haven’t got it right.
“The last one showed a massive 74% of people in Wallasey Ward opposed the plans for Seaview Road, Hose Side Road, Grove Road and Warren Drive.
“They may have changed the name – from the Active Travel Infrastructure Plan to Core Active Travel Network – but the result is the same. Residents and businesses have said time, and time again, they don’t want it.
“Instead of accepting they’ve got it wrong, the Council is doubling down and now proposing routes through the heart of the village shopping area. Equally ludicrous along Bayswater Road – a recognised speeding and road safety hot spot.
Councillor Vida Wilson (Conservative, Moreton West & Saughall Massie) added: “Not content with the chaos caused at Fender Lane, the Town Hall now seems to wanting to do the same on all four of the main roads leading to Moreton Cross. This is a recipe for disaster at one of the busiest junctions in the Borough. It will have a massive impact on shops and businesses in the town.
“I am appalled that with such a potential impact, the Council does not see fit to include Moreton in their consultation.”
Councillors have now asked the Council’s Director of Neighbourhoods, Jason Gooding, to correct the omission of both areas from the consultation.
Councillor Wilson added: “While we wait to see if events in Moreton can be sorted, I would urge anyone with online access to take part in the Council’s survey on these plans. It’s a bit of a faff to register and log in but, if people don’t, they could end up with traffic gridlock throughout the borough.”
Click here for the council's consultation
