The Star: Toronto spent $160,000 on bike lanes for Brimley Road. Five months later, itʼs spending $80,000 to remove them


Marvin Macaraig, co-ordinator of Scarborough Cycles, a community cycling promotion program, said he was extremely disappointed.

“Weʼve seen this kind of bait-and-switch game happen before,” he said, pointing to the cityʼs decision a decade ago to install and then remove north-south bike lanes on Birchmount Road and Pharmacy Avenue, also in Scarborough.

Macaraig said the eastern suburbʼs cycling routes are disconnected and if Brimley, Birchmount and Pharmacy are eliminated, there are few other north-south corridors that can be used to create a safe grid.

Read the full article Toronto spent $160,000 on bike lanes for Brimley Road. Five months later, itʼs spending $80,000 to remove them.