Updates on our ongoing bike advocacy in Ottawa
25 November 2024 Dear Mayor, Dear councillors, We are writing to you regarding Bill 212, the planned legislation that the provincial government is rushing through and that will negatively affect all of your constituents. The City so far hasn’t voiced any opinion on the matter, and we think it past time for the Ottawa City […]
Yesterday we learned that the Ford government is doubling down on its anti-bike lane legislation, just days after it was universally panned by witnesses at the committee studying the Bill.
Bike Ottawa presented the following as our deputation to the Ontario Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy.
From the government’s draft legislation and framework, Bill 212 would enable provincial approval for new bike lanes on municipal roads requiring removal of a traffic lane and for existing ones, where a traffic lane was removed.
