Fury over Labour Leicester council lunatics and the ‘confusing’ new £10million road layout with two-way cycle lane and a central bus lane leaves street ‘looking like a magic eye picture’

Locals have slammed a confusing a new £10million road layout which has a two-way cycle lane ‘twice as wide as the actual road’, a bus lane in the middle of the road, double yellow lines, a partial filter lane and a path for pedestrians.

The baffling layout on Fosse Road North in Leicester, which has been put in place as part of a massive overhaul of the city’s main arterial roads, has been branded a ‘waste of money’ by angry motorists who say it is confusing and could cause crashes.

The changes are part of a wider scheme to allow for pedestrians and cyclists to have their own designated lanes, as well as buses and cars, around Five Junctions Way by the A50.

The design, which has been dubbed ‘a nightmare’ and ‘accident waiting to happen’, is estimated to cost the council £10.4million.

It will be paid using part of the £32million handed to the city council from central Government under the Transforming Cities Fund, as well as cash from the Enterprise Zone funding through the Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership.

Read more: Fury over Labour Leicester council lunatics and the ‘confusing’ new £10million road layout with two-way cycle lane and a central bus lane leaves street ‘looking like a magic eye picture’