Birmingham Council uses the slogan “Think Blue, Let Cyclists Through” in reference to the blue cycle ways introduced across the city.
However it’s now a year since I pointed out at Full Council that the tarmac on the Bristol Rd cycle way in Edgbaston has faded to grey, and now the new cycle way installed in Priory Road and Edgbaston Road this summer wasn’t even blue to start with! At the time I was led to believe it was because they had to finish it in a hurry in time for the Commonwealth Games, but again, months have gone by and it still isn’t blue.
As I asked at Full Council earlier this week – Has Birmingham given up on blue tarmac for cycle ways? (As of yesterday afternoon, I’m still waiting for an answer).
Deirdre Alden 