The Baw Baw Shire has suspended the planting of trees in Warragul bike lanes after it received several complaints from the community.

The council had made preliminary preparation to plant trees in bike lanes as part of the Warragul Transformation Project, to improve the aesthetics of the town's entrances and exits.

Director of community assets Phil Cantillon told ABC News' Robert French the trees were being planted for aesthetic reasons.

"The works are derived from former master planning, and the community was consulted on that," he said.

"What we've done is quite willingly pause the works in that particular location while we have a good discussion with the Warragul Business Group, some of the local traders there and we're also talking with the Warragul Cycling Club."

The council denies it has created safety issues by planting trees in the bike paths, but has suspended the installation on Queen St.

"There's been a number of issues raised around visibility with the trees planted there, loss of parking, access type issues and just the changes that might affect the cycling community there," Mr Cantillon said.

Warragul resident Heath said the council could better invest ratepayers' money.

"It doesn't really seem like something that's going to beautify Queen St a whole lot. It's an industrial area, sure, I understand that, but my personal belief is there are a million other things they could be spending that money on," Heath said.

"My main example is road quality. The road quality around Warragul and Baw Baw Shire is terrible, so I would think they would improve road quality as opposed to how good it looks to people passing through."

Local resident Linda Forbes shared her opinion about the tree planting on the Baw Baw Shire's Facebook page, saying safety had been forgotten in their plans.

"I must apologise in advance to the motorists who I'm going to infuriate as I'm forced out of the bike lane and into traffic as a result of this council project," she wrote.

"Apparently planting trees in the middle of the bike lane is more important than safety. Considering the large number of cyclists along here most days of the week, this is a very short sighted decision.

"We're supposed to be improving cyclist's safety, not going backwards."

Mr Cantillon said the shire was taking on the community's feedback.

"We think there's a number of options that we might be able to find a way forward with that component of the project," he said.