Proposed bike paths dividing opinion in Parc-Extension, borough determined to push ahead – Montreal | 24CA News
Residents of Parc-Extension have launched two competing petitions over plans by the town to put in bike lanes within the space.
Lanes in reverse instructions exist already on Querbes Avenue however it’s harmful, say customers like Rachel Shugart, who says she is aware of of cyclists who’ve had shut calls. The unprotected paths exist between parked vehicles and visitors.
“You run the risk of being doored, or cars being parked in front of you, of people stopping suddenly,” she defined.
So the town needs to maneuver the bike path between the sidewalk and the parked vehicles, set up bollards to guard cyclists and eradicate parking on one aspect. Elected officers additionally needs to put in related protected bike lanes on Ogilvy and Ball avenues and take away parking on one aspect of Ball however on either side of Ogilvy.
“We have no secure bike lanes in Parc-Ex at all, and no way to get out of Parc-Ex securely,” Shugart famous.
Those against the town’s plan say they don’t have any drawback with the town wanting to place in bike lanes, however with the way in which the plan is being carried out.
“The main problem,” in keeping with Sia Spanoudakis whose mother and father stay on Querbes, “is the lack of public consultation, the lack pf transparency, the lack of general information.”
According to her, when particulars of the plan have been offered to the neighborhood it was too late to make adjustments. For her, one of many issues is the 260 parking spots that will probably be misplaced and the way she fears it should have an effect on seniors, most of whom aren’t cellular however use providers which require using vehicles, together with her mother and father.
“For my parents specifically they’re losing their handicap parking spot that was accorded to them just last year in front of their home,” she identified.
Others, like opposition metropolis councillor Mary Deros, level to caregivers and neighborhood service employees who cater to aged purchasers within the space, want a automotive and can now have very restricted locations to park. She additionally notes that buses and supply vans usually use Ogilvy.
“You’re going to mix that with bikers as well as pedestrians,” she stated.
It’s unsafe, in her view. She wonders if different streets might be used as a substitute.
“I have not seen a study that was made to help the administration make the decision that they have,” she advised Global News.
In a press release, borough mayor for Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension Laurence Lavigne Lalonde factors out, “The Parc-Extension district suffers from a glaring lack of cycling infrastructure, the citizens of the sector deserve to have mobility options and to be able to travel by bike, on foot and by car safely.”
She wrote that the town will make adjustments if essential.
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