A ‘very unpopular’ car-shaped cycle rack has been removed from a Spalding street just four years after being installed.
It was put in the Sheep Market as part of £100,000 of government money given to Lincolnshire County Council in 2020 to promote cycling.
A similar one in Holbeach was taken out within weeks after residents complained.
Spalding’s has remained longer, but has now been removed.
The Voice asked Lincolnshire County Council how much it had cost to remove and put in the new cycle racks, but had not received a response at the time of going to press on Wednesday.
Coun Elizabeth Sneath told the Spalding Town Forum: “The very unpopular car shaped cycle rack has been removed. It was damaged. It’s now replaced with some subtle hoops in the ground.
“These are far more discrete than the car shaped thing. Hopefully they will be well used.”
David Jones a member of the Pedals group that promotes cycling in the town said the replacement was ‘not very stable’.
