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A TINY "two-and-a-half second cycle lane" has been slammed for being a waste of money with locals asking: "Did they have paint to use up?"

A post on Twitter dubbed the lane on Woodlands Farm Road in Erdington, Birmingham, the shortest one in the UK.

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Locals have blasted the cycle lane as a waste of moneyCredit: SWNS

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Local Councillor Richard Macrae pops on his bike to give it whirlCredit: BPM

There is no cycle lane further down the road – but the council say the short stretch is to point cyclists in the direction of Pype Hayes Park where a national cycle route will take them on a circuitous cycle route to Sutton Park.

The cycle lane appears on the approach to a junction and then disappears before the end of the road puzzling cyclists and residents alike.

Asked where the cyclist is supposed to go at the left pointing arrow one Twitter user said: “There’s a dual carriageway so can only go left onto it. No cycle lane on there though.”

They added the lane was a "waste of time and money for sure".

Rick Sinclair, who owns a barber shop overlooking the lane, agreed it was a waste of money.

He said the lane had been there for the last three years.

He added: “It’s one of these things the council has put in that nobody pays attention to.

"We had no consultation. I just think they must have had some spare paint!

“It’s the biggest waste of time – a white elephant."

While Kyle Dunne at neighbouring Rocky Vapes, which also overlooks the lane, said: “I have never seen a cyclist use it. They stick to the pavement.

"Where the cycle path is drops down from the kerb. There are no more cycle paths.

"It literally stops, point blank. The council have blocked off the road twice. And each time they have come out and redone that [the cycle lane]."

A spokeswoman for Birmingham City Council said: “This isn’t a cycle lane.

"It is merely to indicate to cyclists that they should join the pavement to cross the busy road.

“It’s there to direct people from the carriageway to the shared use crossing which then links to Pype Hayes Park and the New Hall Valley route.”

And while it was questioned if it was the UK's shortest cycle lane, one person pointed out another in Wolverhampton may be even smaller – in Princess Street near the Wulfrun Shopping Centre.

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Cyclists baffled at shortness of newly installed cycle lane on the Ilkeston Road and Pasture Road junction in StaplefordCredit: BPM

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