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Ontario tables legislation that includes ban on some bike lanes across the province

Published Oct 21, 2024 at 7:23pm

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Ontario tables legislation that includes ban on some bike lanes across the province
Ontario's provincial parliament will be a hive of activity today, as the legislature resumes sitting following a 19-week summer break. A general view of the Ontario legislature in Toronto is shown on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young CHY/

Ontario has tabled its first bill as a new legislative sitting gets underway today, which would give the province the power to stop cities from constructing some new bike lanes.

Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria introduced the bill in what he says is an effort to reduce traffic gridlock.

The bill would require municipalities to ask the province for permission to install bike lanes when they would remove a lane of vehicle traffic — and Sarkaria's government has said

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