You may have caught this if you pay attention to the Today's Headlines posts here on BikingToronto, but the goal of 50 km of new bikelanes in 2008 has hit a speed bump.The Toronto Star reports that 7 km of bikelanes have been "deferred" by the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee:
Toronto's bike plan has hit another snag, making it unlikely the city will reach its goal of installing 50 kilometres of new bike lanes and paths this year.
"It's not as likely as it was yesterday," Daniel Egan, manager of pedestrian and cycling infrastructure, acknowledged after yesterday's public works committee meeting, where councillors deferred voting on 7 kilometres of new bike lanes.
The deferred bikelanes include 3.1 km on Brimorton Drive (from Brimley Road to Scarborough Golf Club Road) in Scarborough and 3.0 km on Horner Avenue (from Browns Line to Judson Street) in Etobicoke.
The good news is that the committee did approve 6.1 kilometres of lanes on Renforth Rd. (from Bloor Street West to Rathburn Road) , The Queensway (from 250 metres east of High Street to Windermere Avenue) and Conlins Rd. (from Ellesmere Road to Sheppard Avenue East).
Committee Report (PDF file). Bikelane stuff is on pages 5-7.
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