Sadly, it IS legal to park in bike lanes (unless a clearway or signage
says otherwise).

The council would have recieved funding from Vicroads to put the paint
down and signs up at start/finish.

Please DONT write that letter to the govt. it's hard enough getting
funding.
or if you do suggest it should have been a wider parking AND bike lane
(ie either parknig indicated plus separate EBL or one big wide zone as
done recently elsewhere...


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flyingdutch