Alberta transportation minister, Calgary mayor trade letters over bike lanes
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In a letter obtained by Global News, Alberta's transportation minister said he is concerned with the City of Calgary's approach to building bicycle lanes.
Alberta’s transportation minister has officially penned a letter to Calgary’s mayor to express concerns over building more bike lanes and request a meeting to discuss plans further.
The letter follows a social media post from Devin Dreeshen earlier this spring calling on both of Alberta’s major cities to reconsider cycle track projects.
In the letter, dated June 27 and obtained by Global News, Dreeshen said he wanted to share his concerns regarding the City of Calgary’s “approach to constructing bicycle lanes at the expense of road capacity.”
“As our urban populations continue to grow, we need to seriously consider on how to maintain adequate capacity for motor vehicle traffic flow for current and future traffic needs, not reducing capacity,” Dreeshen said in the letter.
“We are concerned with the impact to our provincial road network and its connectivity to the municipal roads.”
The minister also brought up concern with “future bike lanes and other lane-removal initiatives where taxpayer dollars are used to shrink rather than increase road capacity for vehicles.”
Dreeshen added that he welcomes the opportunity to meet with Gondek to discuss the issue further.
However, he didn’t mention any specific projects, unlike his spring letter to an Edmonton city councillor in which he called for the cancellation of a multi-year, nearly $96 million project to build bike lanes over a few dozen blocks on 132 Avenue on Edmonton’s north side.
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