Keynsham: 'Optical illusion' trip hazard cycle lane repaired

The new cycle lane in Keynsham High Street has a broken white line

Roadworks to break the "optical illusion" which has been causing people to trip on Keynsham High Street are complete.

Bath and North East Somerset (BANES) Council installed a new cycle lane on Keynsham High Street in March 2022.

Since then, an estimated 100 people are thought to have tripped on it.

On Thursday night, BANES repainted the solid white line as a broken line, in the hopes this will stop confusion and the injuries.

Double yellow lines have also been painted on the street.

The "optical illusion" cycle lane was installed in March 2022

Locals waited more than a month and a half for the work to happen after BANES said in February it would happen "at the earliest opportunity,".

Paul Roper, the council's cabinet member for economic and cultural sustainable development, said: "This mitigation should make the change in levels clearer to pedestrians and prevent further trips and falls."