Minister of Transportation Prabmeet Sarkaria is set to make an announcement on Tuesday, just days after suggesting the province would soon introduce legislation to limit where bike lanes can be built. You can watch the news conference live in this story.
Sarkaria will take questions from the media after hinting the province will soon introduce legislation that will limit where bike lanes can be built.Ontario's minister of transportation is set to make an announcement Tuesday in Toronto, just days after suggesting the province would soon introduce legislation to limit where bike lanes can be built.You can watch the news conference live in the player above.
"Our province is stuck in traffic and bike lanes aren't helping," Sarkaria said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday. "In the coming days our government will unveil our plan to work with our municipal partners to ensure bike lanes are introduced in a way that reflects the needs of the entire community," the post continued.that included the case for a legislative measure to prohibit bike lanes when lanes for motor vehicles are removed as a result.
The looming legislation is part of a larger push by the Ford government to tackle traffic congestion in the province, particularly in the Greater Toronto Area.
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