A CYCLIST seriously injured after being struck by a car on the seafront has blasted the council over the safety of its new cycle routes. Gary Alexander was struck by a hit-and-run driver on the A259, leaving him with bones broken in three out of his four limbs and requiring surgery. The Brighton resident said cyclists used to enjoy a safer, two-way cycle lane above Hove Lawns which separated bicycles from traffic. The A259 cycle lane on Brighton seafront However, westbound cyclists now have to use the new lane in the road which was built by Brighton and Hove City Council last August.