This is an utterly stupid…

This is an utterly stupid policy change. Municipalities know where the pain-points are in their infrastructure and their city planners work to ensure street designs meet the needs of the people living in and travelling through their municipality. The municipalities do not add bike lanes for fun or to spite drivers, they add them because studies show that bike lanes reduce traffic and are safer for cyclists. The provincial government does not possess the granular view of each municipality to go mucking about in city street design. Stop being so incredibly daft, stop wasting money, leave municipal street design (and bike lanes) to the municipalities. Maybe spend some of the money that's burning a hole in the provincial coffers on healthcare, where it's desperately needed...