YOUR headline "Tour de Farce" (July 14) highlighted the residents' opposition to cycle lanes along Manchester Road, Bury. The same feelings are apparently present in the Bolton Road area of the town.
What is the need for these cycle lanes when, according to local residents, the average number of cyclists counted in a day is 12, or less, along Manchester Road?
What sensible parent would put their child on a bike and send them off to school along these roads, letting them face the danger of the road, and breathing in petrol and diesel fumes in all types of weather.
To sum up my case, there are too many easier, cleaner and quicker options for travel than the bicycle.
This strategy will never work.
REALIST, Bury.
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