Skateboards now allowed on Montreal bike paths

WATCH: Montreal city councillors voted unanimously to legalize skateboards on Montreal bike paths Monday night. The new resolution recognizes that skateboards are a form of active transportation like cycling and walking.

MONTREAL -Montreal city council has approved a resolution permitting skateboarders on its bicycle paths.

Council adopted the resolution just one week after Sterling Downey, city councillor for Projet Montreal in Verdun tabled a motion to legalize skateboarding on Montreal bike paths.

Watch: Professional skateboarder David Bouthillier on why skateboarding should be legal in Montreal

Monday night, Downey tweeted that city council had adopted the motion unanimously.

Adopté à l'unanimité Motion pour reconnaitre le #skateboard comme forme de transport actif #Montréal #polmtl #cmmtl pic.twitter.com/3aFkdoQSzO

— sterling downey (@seazlington) May 26, 2015

The new resolution recognizes that skateboards are a form of active transportation like cycling and walking.

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Downey himself uses a skateboard to get around and has been doing so for over 20 years.

And now he can do so in all legality — at least on bike paths.