Alberta’s transportation minister is calling on the province’s two major cities to remove bike lanes from key roadways, prompting critics to say the government is overstepping and making an issue out of nothing.
Devin Dreeshen says he’s trying to avoid clashes with the government’s goal of expanding road networks, as he blames bike lanes for traffic congestion and obstructing work to build the infrastructure needed for Alberta’s growing population.
“When we are putting money towards projects to add and expand lanes to help accommodate the growth pressures that we’ve seen here in the province, we want to make sure that municipalities are doing the same thing,” the minister said in an interview Thursday.
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Dreeshen also said he’s looking to meet with councillors from Edmonton and Calgary to review bike lane spending.
The minister’s comments came after he posted a video and letter to an Edmonton councillor on social media outlining …