Birmingham council defends dozens of bollards on pavement

Three rows of more than 50 bollards have been put up outside Meadows Primary School in Longbridge, Birmingham

A council has defended installing dozens of bollards on a pavement saying they were needed to tackle inconsiderate parking outside a school.

Birmingham City Council put up more than 50 black and yellow bollards along a short stretch of the Bristol Road South, Longbridge.

Critics have described the site as an "eyesore".

But the authority said the posts were necessary to tackle parking outside the adjacent Meadows Primary School.

The bollards have been installed in three rows near the entrance of the school following regular complaints from residents about "dangerous" parking on the road, the city council said.

One commentator tweeted: "Wow. How do the blind and wheelchair users cope with this?!?"

The council said the posts were to try to deter people from parking "dangerously"

Another Twitter user added: "Crikey, can't they plant some trees and flowers instead???"

"Bollards are the key to safe biking in high-traffic areas. Without bollards, bike lanes become suicide lanes," another commented.

A spokesperson for the council said the number of bollards that had been installed demonstrated the "scale of the problem".

Follow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: [e-mail]