"Toronto city council has given the greenlight to install more than 20 kilometres of new bike lanes in a proposal that manages to get around the provincial government's attempts to clamp down on them. Toronto city council has greenlit a proposal to build more than 20 kilometres of bike lanes outside the city's downtown core. Very little discussion took place before councillors voted Wednesday to approve the measure. Mayor Olivia Chow called the plan a win-win earlier this month as it would see car lanes narrowed rather than removed a move that skirts provincial legislation banning the removal of car lanes to facilitate bike lanes."
"With a price tag of more than $30 million, the new plan is the broadest expansion of [the] cycling network outside of the downtown core, really, that I've ever seen, said Coun. Paula Fletcher during Wednesday's meeting. This now will guarantee that many more people in Scarborough, in North York, in Etobicoke, in York, can really be safe while they're cycling in our city, she said. The largest stretch of bike lanes under the new plan will be six kilometres along Kingston Road. While not perfect, Michael Longfield, executive director of advocacy group Cycle Toronto, said the move at least sends notice that the City of Toronto is not just going to sit around and twiddle its thumbs while Bill 60 is law."
Toronto city council approved more than 20 kilometres of new bike lanes outside the downtown core. The plan narrows existing car lanes rather than removing them to avoid provincial rules that ban lane removals for bike lanes. The project carries a price tag of over $30 million and represents the largest expansion of the cycling network outside the downtown core. The largest new stretch will be six kilometres along Kingston Road. The expansion aims to improve cycling safety across Scarborough, North York, Etobicoke, and York while responding to limits imposed by Bill 60.
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