Last Friday, Canary Wharf Management (for I assume it was they) installed five or six barriers along
here.
Chicanes, if you like. Each consisting of three 'gates', around 1200mm high, each leg being bolted to terra firma with a couple of M10 rawlbolts.
They cause the cyclists to slow right down as they zig-zag between the barriers.
I can see why CWM will have done this as it is a heavily pedestrianised path, and some cyclists pass along there at twuntish speeds.
I can't actually negotiate these barriers as I ride fixed, with a significant amount of toe-overlap.
Now, 1200mm of metalwork will yield a significant amount of leverage over 4 x M10 bolts.
I couldn't help but grin this morning, when I saw that each chicane was missing one of its barriers, rendering it useless.
I'll bet you can see the missing barriers at low tide.