Please re-consider the bike…

Please re-consider the bike lane portion of Bill 212. It is incomplete and appears to be rushed to print as the specified criteria have not been stated. How can anyone comment fully when all the facts are unavailable? This framework needs much more work before becoming part of any bill.
Bike lanes are clearly a municipal decision, whether to add or remove. The provincial government has no knowledge of municipal requirements and no right to override decisions by elected local City Councils. Any attempt to meddle by the provincial government is clearly an over-reach of power.
The removal of existing bike lanes is hazardous for motorists and cyclists who are now accustomed to the routes. Additionally, there will be environmental damage as lanes are torn up and heavy construction equipment emits more GHGs, in addition to the extra vehicular traffic. This will lead to more gridlock as road construction crews throughout the municipality will close roads and limit traffic.
This bill inflicts more costs on taxpayers who are already overburdened and requires extra work by municipal employees who are already overworked. There is not one single advantage to anyone in any municipality.
Lastly, it would be helpful if the province were aware of its own regulations: 1) bike lanes cannot be built on provincial highways and these are the main thoroughfares which most motorists use and 2) by law, a cyclist is entitled to a full lane on our Ontario roads.
The bike lanes protect the cyclists and the motorists and decrease the number of accidents/fatalities that would otherwise be caused.
Please take time to consider the gridlock if every cyclist exercised their right to a full lane and rode down the middle of the road, blocking all motorists behind them.
Also, please consider the road rage and deaths if cyclists are forced to exercise their rights because the safety of bike lanes was denied them by the provincial government. Lives are in your hands. People are more important than Bill 212.