Transportation Minister says will not remove bike lanes from Bloor Street West between Resurrection Road and Clissold Road.

Ontario’s transportation minister says the government plans to soon restore lanes of vehicle traffic but keep bike lanes on a short stretch of Bloor Street West in Toronto, despite an ongoing court case.

An Ontario Superior Court judge ruled in July that a provincial law to remove three stretches of Toronto bike lanes is unconstitutional.

The government appealed the decision and the Court of Appeal for Ontario is set to hear the case in January, but a statement today from Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria says the government believes this latest move is still consistent with the lower-court ruling.

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