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Threat to the Mayor's cycle hire scheme

Mira Bar-Hillel, Property Correspondent
09.11.09

A High Court challenge to one of Boris Johnson's proposed cycle hire stations could throw the Mayor's flagship scheme into chaos.

The dispute relates to a 30-metre station planned for South Audley Street in Mayfair, a conservation area containing several listed buildings including Harry's Bar - a private club which would have its entrance obstructed.

Noel Carroll, 63, who lives in nearby South Street and is a member of Harry's Bar, said: "Our beautiful conservation area must not be defaced by this horrible lump of metal."

If Mr Carroll wins, it could result in hundreds of bike station locations being successfully challenged.

A TfL spokesperson said: "All proposed docking station locations are carefully considered with the full involvement of the borough council."

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And presumably in this lovely conservation area there are no four wheeled lumps of metal parked all along the kerbside???

- Richard, London


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