Sydney cycling to become more dangerous with fewer bike paths: Lib MP

By Jacob Saulwick
Updated May 29 2015 - 10:08pm, first published 9:22pm
Cyclists will have to do without a lane extension on Castlereagh Street while light rail works are in progress.
Cyclists will have to do without a lane extension on Castlereagh Street while light rail works are in progress.
If bike paths are ripped up cyclists will be forced onto pathways or into dangerous traffic: Shayne Mallard. Photo: Dallas Kilponen
If bike paths are ripped up cyclists will be forced onto pathways or into dangerous traffic: Shayne Mallard. Photo: Dallas Kilponen

Removing a bike lane in central Sydney without replacing it – as the government plans to do over the next four years – will make cycling into the city more dangerous, a Liberal MP says.