As an resident if in Ontario…

As an resident if in Ontario, this act is wholey not in the best interest of the province or its residents.

1. Removing bike lanes does not reduce gridlock. Providing options for ontarioans to get around does. The province should be building more bike lanes not spending our tax dollars to take out bike lanes (especially lanes that were recently installed. Providing more bike lanes lanes enables residents to bike safely which means they won't interfere with car traffic. Additionally residents who don't fell safe biking now because of the lack of safe infrastructure will start to cycle, further reducing car traffic.

Furthermore the province should invest in public transit Providing more options to residents who do not want to or shouldn't be driving. This would further reduce the number of cars on the road decreasing gridlock.

Removing bike lanes is not a decision based on evidence and study. This law will only serve to make gridlock worse as it restricts residents ability to get around to cars only, which puts more cars on our already overloaded roads, increasing gridlock.

2. Bypassing environmental protections is never in the best interest if residents. In particular future generations of ontarioans as they will have to deal with the long term implications of any infrastructure project we initiate. Environmental impact may not become obvious until years after a project started or completed, which is why studies are so crucial.

The proposed 413, according the government's own studies, would do very little to improve traffic flow. Anu benofot from it would be short term only. And is building it is not a good use of our resources. It is not fiscally responsible.

A better use of resources would be to improve commuter trains and public transit which are significantly more efficient at moving people around. Public transit has the added benefit of a smaller environmental impact.

Also changing building codes to allow increased density and mixed use neighborhoods would allow ontarioans to live close to where they work. This would eliminate the need for daily long distance travel in the first place.

In summary. The current government should stop wasting tax payers money on these non solutions to our problems. Nom-soloutions that appear to only benefit the construction friends and donors to certain MPPs. Listen to the advice of experts and reports already received.

Drop this bill and actually spend our money wisely to help all ontarioans.