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City of Edmonton slows rate of bicycle route growth

City of Edmonton bike lane planners seek more input from councillors who will in turn take the public’s pulse before any further implementation of a 20-year initiative to construct 200-km of routes and paths. So far the city has spent $10 million on 64-km of on-street bike routes and shared-use paths, but acting municipal transportation planning branch manager Rhonda Toohey says there has been a ‘kerfuffle’ over the system’s growth.

Residents have called for more input in the plan’s implementation as some have objected to the location of the lanes. The prospect of less parking on 76th Avenue with the addition of an on-street bike route is one grievance of those who desire more consultation.

Last year on-line surveys and open houses led to signs being erected along bike routes indicating where a cyclist should be in the lane when it runs along parked cars; these modes of consultation also led to tweaks to various routes. Councillor Michael Walters held a public meeting in November regarding bike lanes and he recommends that the city focus its building efforts along core corridors.

The city will seek extra public input on 76th and 121st Avenue routes and look to design lanes in high-demand corridors like 83rd Avenue along Old Strathcona and 102nd Avenue in Oliver and Glenora.

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