This is a ridiculous…

This is a ridiculous intrusion on the planning needs of municipalities. Municipalities need to make the choices best suited to their regions, and this imposes needless red tape to what is inherently a local matter.

There are additional metrics of importance to a municipality beyond just traffic. Improving foot traffic to local businesses does not always require four lanes of traffic and two additional lanes of parallel parking. Slowing down traffic, narrowing streets, and providing wider sidewalks and separated bike lanes can improve the walkability of a neighbourhood and encourage local shopping. This may be at odds with the current goals of the provincial government, but that is the choice that the municipality is best positioned to decide.

Building a community and providing for that community is what municipalities are great at, and the provincial government needs to stay in their lane and focus on providing better services for which they are responsible for, such as improving our education and health systems.