A judge ordered the Ford government To suspend any moving plan of imminent cycle paths until it has decided if their dismissal violates the rights of the charter of cyclists in Toronto.
On Tuesday, judge Paul Schabas granted an injunction requested by the cycle of the Plaidoyer Toronto group to protect the cycle paths from rue Bloor, rue Yonge and Avenue University – of which parties had been planned for withdrawal.
The decision indicated not to grant an injunction ran the risk that the Government suppresses the cycle paths before the courts could decide if the law allowing it to do so was constitutional.
Cyclists who raised the challenge argued that the abolition of cycle paths would endanger their lives and increase deaths on the roads of Toronto.
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The group argued that the decision to withdraw the cycling channels specific to the bicycle had been taken arbitrarily and would not help reduce congestion.
The government said during the judicial process that the abolition of cycle paths would not violate the Constitution and improve the dead end of the city center of Toronto.
A spokesman for the Minister of Transport said that the government would respect the court’s decision.
“We were elected with a clear mandate to withdraw people from traffic in the restaurant of driving tracks so that some of our busiest roads move,” they said.
“We will continue the design work necessary to start the moves as soon as possible, if the decision confirms the legislation.”
The judicial challenge arises from a law that the Ford government adopted last year, which made the cities prove that the new cycle paths which reduce the number of vehicle routes on a road would not increase congestion.
The law required that cities and cities obtain provincial approval before withdrawing a traffic lane to add a new cycle path. To receive approval, they had to show that the change would not aggravate congestion.
The legislation has also enabled the government to withdraw the cycle paths from Bloor, Yonge and the University of Toronto and to set up exams of all the new paths added in the past five years.
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