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✓ Published: 12-Apr-2024
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An infamous 'optical illusion' cycle lane which injured more than 100 people has been 'fixed overnight', a council claim.<br/><br/>The lane was branded 'the most dangerous in Britain' due to the high number of injuries - with locals blaming a 'trick of the eye' design.<br/><br/>Photos show how it appears to be flat at a glance - but actually passes over an elevated pedestrian crossing.<br/><br/>Walkers on Keynsham High Street near Bristol have repeatedly missed and tripped on a 'hidden' curb - which they say looked like a flat line as it is painted white.<br/><br/>Since it was installed by Bath and North East Somerset Council in March 2022, more than 100 people have been injured on it.<br/><br/>Overnight last night April 11 Bath and North East Somerset Council (BANES) began repainting the solid white line as a broken line.<br/><br/>It is in the hoped it will stop the confusion and the injuries. Work was carried out overnight to avoid disruption to firms and cars.<br/><br/>Paul Roper, the council's cabinet member for economic and cultural sustainable development, said: \
An infamous 'optical illusion' cycle lane which injured more than 100 people has been 'fixed overnight', a council claim.<br/><br/>The lane was branded 'the most dangerous in Britain' due to the high number of injuries - with locals blaming a 'trick of the eye' design.<br/><br/>Photos show how it appears to be flat at a glance - but actually passes over an elevated pedestrian crossing.<br/><br/>Walkers on Keynsham High Street near Bristol have repeatedly missed and tripped on a 'hidden' curb - which they say looked like a flat line as it is painted white.<br/><br/>Since it was installed by Bath and North East Somerset Council in March 2022, more than 100 people have been injured on it.<br/><br/>Overnight last night April 11 Bath and North East Somerset Council (BANES) began repainting the solid white line as a broken line.<br/><br/>It is in the hoped it will stop the confusion and the injuries. Work was carried out overnight to avoid disruption to firms and cars.<br/><br/>Paul Roper, the council's cabinet member for economic and cultural sustainable development, said: \
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