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Council scraps Lakeshore bike lane pilot project
(Burlington Post, Tina Depko-Denver, Jan 29, 2013)

The controversial Lakeshore Road bike lane pilot projects were scrapped Monday night by city council.

The majority of council supported Ward 4 Councillor Jack Dennison’s motion to take the pilot project between Seneca Avenue and Guelph Line off the table due to what he said were residents’ concerns.

This was followed by a 4-3 vote against the remaining recommendation for the pilot project between Guelph and Walker’s lines.

Mayor Rick Goldring, Ward 2 Councillor Marianne Meed Ward, Ward 3 Councillor John Taylor and Ward 5 Councillor Paul Sharman voted against the pilot project.

Dennison, Ward 1 Councillor Rick Craven and Ward 6 Councillor Blair Lancaster were in favour.

Two weeks ago, the Development and Infrastructure Committee supported the bike lane pilot projects with a 4-2 vote.

Goldring, who supported the pilot projects at that meeting, was the swing vote Monday night.

“I firmly believe that if we put this through, the resistance for future cycling efforts will encounter even more resistance,” he said. “I think we need to be very, very careful in what we want, we have to really articulate what specifically we are trying to achieve and what is the measurement that works.”