AROUND one-third of cycle parking spaces are temporarily unavailable at the City Chambers – to the anger of some council employees.
Twelve of the 33 spaces at the main quadrangle have been removed to make way for an open-air exhibition based on the work of city design champion Sir Terry Farrell.
But one council worker said: "Giving us no notice whatsoever, we turned up for wor
k as usual to find that one-third of the cycle parking had been stopped to allow for a giant poster.
"The cycle parking is already bursting at the seems here – if you turn up late for work you are lucky to get a spot at the best of times.
"There is nowhere else nearby.
"Ironically, it was Bike Week last week and the council hosted its annual bike breakfast in that very quadrangle to help promote cycling to work. But many of us are currently struggling to cycle to work for the council as there is nowhere to lock our bikes when we get there.
"But the Lord Provost's car can still get in there, so that's OK."
City transport leader Phil Wheeler said: "This temporary exhibition is only running for four weeks.
"While some bike parking spaces are being affected, the majority are still available and we will be back to full capacity very soon.
"The council is constantly improving cycling facilities and recently installed 100 new parking racks across the city, with more being planned."
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