I am an Ontario voter and…

I am an Ontario voter and taxpayer who lives and works right along one of the bike lanes that will be impacted by this costly and unnecessary initiative from the Premier. The bike lanes on Bloor Street have been a godsend, dramatically improving business in the area* and keeping local cyclists and pedestrians safer.

The premier's plans will cost Ontario taxpayers an eye-watering sum of money**, increase traffic dramatically due to the massive amount of construction and teardown this plan will require and impede the construction of badly needed mid-rise housing that is slated to be built along Bloor Street and other major arteries in Toronto. I thought the Premier said he cared about solving the province's housing crisis!

I'm so upset by this. It will do the opposite of what the Premier is saying it will do, only increasing congestion in the city.

And as the Minister of Transportation's comments to the press on November 18th showed ("We're going to look at it")***, the Provincial Government has clearly not given this costly and disruptive initiative any thought.

This is cynical politics at its worst: an insult to anyone who pays taxes in this province and anyone who actually carries about reducing congestion in our cities.

*https://x.com/alexbozikovic/status/1849158450212704511/photo/1

**https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/report-cost-removal-bike-lanes-t…

***https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont-bike-lanes-1.7386724