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I'm just back from camping up near Tobermory, and while in a local store up there, this headline story caught my eye.
The province is apparently backing away from a pledge to add bike lanes (paved shoulders) Highway 6 as part of road reconstruction this summer.
I personally think its a great idea (win-win), no loss of road capacity; and its supported by the local Conservative MPP and the business community.
For those who agree, please consider writing to the Minister of Transportation, Kathleen Wynne in support of this project.
See article below for details:
http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2576693
Bike lane advocates say now is the time to pressure the provincial government to link southern and northern Ontario.
The Ministry of Transportation plans to resurface Hwy. 6 from Mar to Tobermory this summer and also do South Baymouth to Little Current on Manitoulin Island.
Half-metre shoulders will be paved. Bike lane advocates are lobbying the province to increase the width to one metre to create dedicated bicycle/fitness lanes.
"If we bit by bit, stretch by stretch, as it's being resurfaced, create a one-metre paved shoulder, eventually we can have a cross-Canada bike trail," said Maja Mielonen, who is leading a fight for bicycle lanes on Manitoulin Island.
A rally is planned for Sunday at 2 p.m. in Manitowaning to show support for a cross-island paved bicycle route.
Mielonen and her supporters say bike lanes foster a healthy lifestyle and boost tourism and road safety.
The MTO says adding an extra metre of road is costly -- about $15,000 per kilometre.
Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Conservative MPP Bill Murdoch has called on Transportation Minister Kathleen Wynne to include cycling lanes as part of the $20 million project to resurface 70 kilometres of Hwy. 6 on the Bruce Peninsula.
"The people of Grey-Bruce-Owen Sound have been told that the Ministry of Transportation is committed to encouraging active forms of transportation, like cycling, but no such commitment (for bike lanes) was delivered," Murdoch said Tuesday in the Ontario legislature.
He said his office has received numerous calls of support for bike lanes from Mar to Tobermory.
"Now that they're doing the road, now's the time to do it," he said in an interview.
The province is apparently backing away from a pledge to add bike lanes (paved shoulders) Highway 6 as part of road reconstruction this summer.
I personally think its a great idea (win-win), no loss of road capacity; and its supported by the local Conservative MPP and the business community.
For those who agree, please consider writing to the Minister of Transportation, Kathleen Wynne in support of this project.
See article below for details:
http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2576693
Bike lane advocates say now is the time to pressure the provincial government to link southern and northern Ontario.
The Ministry of Transportation plans to resurface Hwy. 6 from Mar to Tobermory this summer and also do South Baymouth to Little Current on Manitoulin Island.
Half-metre shoulders will be paved. Bike lane advocates are lobbying the province to increase the width to one metre to create dedicated bicycle/fitness lanes.
"If we bit by bit, stretch by stretch, as it's being resurfaced, create a one-metre paved shoulder, eventually we can have a cross-Canada bike trail," said Maja Mielonen, who is leading a fight for bicycle lanes on Manitoulin Island.
A rally is planned for Sunday at 2 p.m. in Manitowaning to show support for a cross-island paved bicycle route.
Mielonen and her supporters say bike lanes foster a healthy lifestyle and boost tourism and road safety.
The MTO says adding an extra metre of road is costly -- about $15,000 per kilometre.
Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Conservative MPP Bill Murdoch has called on Transportation Minister Kathleen Wynne to include cycling lanes as part of the $20 million project to resurface 70 kilometres of Hwy. 6 on the Bruce Peninsula.
"The people of Grey-Bruce-Owen Sound have been told that the Ministry of Transportation is committed to encouraging active forms of transportation, like cycling, but no such commitment (for bike lanes) was delivered," Murdoch said Tuesday in the Ontario legislature.
He said his office has received numerous calls of support for bike lanes from Mar to Tobermory.
"Now that they're doing the road, now's the time to do it," he said in an interview.