I am deeply disappointed…

I am deeply disappointed with the content of Bill 212 for the following reasons:

- Over stepping municipal jurisdiction: Local municipalities should have the right to dictate how they should organize roads under their jurisdiction. Forcing them to get approval from the Province for any bike lane installation is gross over reach and horribly inefficient.

- Failing to improve traffic: Loss of bike lanes, building of more highways, and lowering cost of licensure encourages more people to drive which makes traffic worse. We need to invest in infrastructure that reduces car traffic to make driving better.

- Wasting tax payer money: Provincial engineers should not be wasting their time reviewing bike lane proposals all over Ontario when large scale transit projects are massively behind schedule and over budget. Government should not be wasting money ripping out infrastructure that was already installed and working.

- Insufficient process: Environmental assessments are important to ensuring that infrastructure projects are designed responsibly and do not cause more harm than good. Water ways, green space, natural habitats, and air quality are more important than sprawl development.

- Cruelty: Bike lanes keep cyclist safe. Removing bike lanes ensures that more cyclist have to put themselves in danger to go about their daily lives. Temporary traffic delays (a couple years as lifestyles change) do not warrant more road deaths. Home owners deserve fair treatment when negotiating with their government. Allowing expropriation to take place with no option of extension is unconscionable.