Council blasted for installing tiny cycle lane barely the length of a bike

Locals brand new cycle lane ‘bizarre’ and ‘a waste of money’

The bike lane measures around 7ft long (Joseph Walshe / SWNS)

Residents have slammed a cash-strapped council for painting what could be “Britain’s shortest cycle lane” - which is barely the length of a bike.

Road users were left baffled when the tiny stretch of bike lane recently appeared in the Stirchley area of Birmingham.

The white-painted markings opposite an Aldi supermarket on Hazelwell Street measure around 7ft (2.4m) long and takes barely a second to ride along.