Plans for a major Cycle Enfield route include bus stops with serious “safety concerns”, it has been revealed.

Enfield Council is set to re-open public consultation on the A105 section, from Palmers Green to Enfield Town, of the £30m cycle lanes, after making changes based on previous feedback.

Among the changes, the number of “bypass bus stops” – ones on an island with the cycle lane running behind and the road on the other side - have been increased from four to nine.

However, in TfL’s cycling design standards, they are listed as “a trial measure only, with emphasis on the need for all pedestrians to be able to be confident that they can cross the cycle track safely”.

A major traffic pressure group have called for bypass stops to be banned until more tests are done.

Transport for All, while promotes the rights of disabled people on public transport, said: “Imagine a busy island bus stop, with disabled and older pedestrians looking out to cross the cycle track and a bus driver looking to safely deploy the wheelchair ramp.

“The worst outcome from all this would be that anyone who feels uncomfortable dealing with this situation will decide not to use that stop anymore. So much for bus stops and the cycle superhighways.”

Transport for All have asked TfL to stop building more bus stop bypasses until their safety can be proved more conclusively.

Despite this, under the current plans, the council would double the number of bypass stops on the A105 route.

The other bus stops along the route are going to have “bus borders”, where the pavement and the cycle route rise to the level of the bus, and there is a line on the pavement where people can get on or off safely and cyclists aren’t allowed to go.

In TfL guidance, they say: "Most main roads in London are also bus routes with frequent stops. The cycle lane would have to go between the bus and the pavement. Everybody getting off or on a bus would have to step straight into the lane, which would raise safety concerns both for bus passengers and cyclists.

“Routes should make more use of secondary roads, where they are sufficiently direct, to separate cyclists from volume traffic.”

However, the A105 route goes straight along the main roads, seeming to contravene the safety recommendations for cyclists and passengers.

These problems were raised by Dr Linda Miller at the Save Our Green Lanes public meeting about the new proposals on Tuesday evening (June 28).

She said: “The A105 route is being insisted upon because of a very small difference in time between the fastest and balanced options.

“These plans will not work practically, it risks becoming a failed experiment.”

Enfield Council spokesman Andrew Golder said they would not comment on individual aspects of the plans while they are not finalised, and said anyone with problems can raise them during the consultation period.