A council has put forward a plan to spend more than £1 million scrapping a cycle path while cutting £34 million from its budget.

Brighton and Hove City Council revealed the plans to scrap the designated pathway in The Drive, Hove, despite accidents decreasing since it was introduced, in its budget proposals for the next financial year.

The Conservative administration states the £1.1 million allocated to remove it is responding to residents’ concerns about safety while allowing more traffic to move out of the city.

Yet figures revealed under Freedom of Information Act revealed both numbers of accidents and reported people injured have dropped by 20% since the cycle lane was installed in 2008.

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