TORONTO — Ontario's plan to remove bike lanes on three major roads in Toronto will cost more than $48 million and likely lead to only minimally faster commutes for drivers, city staff say in a new report.
The bike lanes are pretty long and extensive because they wouldn’t be an attractive traveling option otherwise. The job will require planning of how to ‘renovate’ in addition to the actual roadwork. $48 million doesn’t really surprise me. Ford’s idea isn’t about fiscal prudence or easing traffic, it’s about appealing to suburban and rural voters and Ford trying to build a highway and circumvent opposition to do so: https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-highway-413-bill-explainer/
They also need to change all sorts of traffic lights and repave large sections road. There are cement barriers implanted into the road and the large removable ones have been there for so long they’d leave imprints in the asphalt. Not to mention maneurvering through the city with construction equipment while attempting to keep one way traffic in a single lane open.
48 million? What are they all international highways or something?
The bike lanes are pretty long and extensive because they wouldn’t be an attractive traveling option otherwise. The job will require planning of how to ‘renovate’ in addition to the actual roadwork. $48 million doesn’t really surprise me. Ford’s idea isn’t about fiscal prudence or easing traffic, it’s about appealing to suburban and rural voters and Ford trying to build a highway and circumvent opposition to do so: https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-highway-413-bill-explainer/
They also need to change all sorts of traffic lights and repave large sections road. There are cement barriers implanted into the road and the large removable ones have been there for so long they’d leave imprints in the asphalt. Not to mention maneurvering through the city with construction equipment while attempting to keep one way traffic in a single lane open.