Paul Bower, from the Cyclist Action Movement West, said he decided to speak out after reading an article last month in The Sun which highlighted the bike track's price tag.

He said the 675 metre track was a good cycleway which was only let down by a lack of effort from Holroyd Council.

Mr Bower believes the track is not used enough by cyclists because the surrounding tracks are not in good condition.

"It's a cycleway to nowhere because Holroyd won't pick up their end of the bargain," he said.

"Their end is to convert the connecting points [around the cycleway] into something cyclists can use."

He said the council needed to remove "ridiculous bollards that make it unusable".

The activist said he had tried to convince Holroyd council to spend some money upgrading nearby cycleways but to no avail.

"They can make [the surrounding bike tracks] a good cycleway, not just a footpath with lots of cruddy bits in it," he said. "They could use it to build a lot of connections between schools and shops to get more people taking up cycling in Holroyd."

"Let's turn that one into something people can use."

Holroyd mayor Yvette Whitfield said she thought bike tracks were a "fantastic" idea but said she didn't know of any plans to spend money in the near future on cycleways.

"There are already a lot of good bike tracks in the area," she said. "The ones we have got in Holroyd are very well used."