Municipalities must get provincial permission to put in bicycle lanes that end in elimination of visitors lanes
NEWS RELEASE
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
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TORONTO — The Ontario authorities is making life simpler for drivers by introducing laws that will, if handed, require municipalities to obtain approval from the province earlier than putting in new bike lanes that will consequence within the elimination of lanes for visitors. Municipalities can be required to display that the proposed bike lanes received’t have a detrimental impression on car visitors.
“Cities in Ontario have seen an explosion of bike lanes, including many that were installed during the pandemic when fewer vehicles were on the road and their impacts on traffic were unclear,” mentioned Prabmeet Sarkaria, Minister of Transportation. “Too many drivers are now stuck in gridlock as a result, which is why our government is bringing informed decision-making and oversight to bike lanes as well as taking steps to increase speed limits safely and clean up potholes.”
These proposed adjustments are a part of upcoming laws that may kick off the autumn sitting of the Ontario legislature on October 21, 2024, with a concentrate on tackling gridlock and getting drivers and commuters throughout Ontario out of visitors.
Ontario can be shifting ahead with plans to make life extra handy for drivers by growing the pace restrict to 110 km/h, the place it’s protected to take action, on all 400-series highways. This builds on the protected and profitable enhance of pace limits on greater than one-third of provincial 400-series highways to this point. The federal government can be growing a design normal to permit automobiles to journey safely at speeds increased than 120 km/h on new highways.
As well as, to assist make Ontario roads safer and stop accidents and damages that may happen from potholes, the federal government is consulting with municipalities to develop a potholes prevention and restore fund to open within the 2025 development season. This system would help smaller municipalities with highway upkeep and set requirements to assist enhance highway situations and promote high-quality roadwork throughout the province.
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