Bike lanes are coming to Bloor Street.
City council voted Wednesday in favour of a year-long pilot project to install separated bike lanes along a 2.4-kilometre stretch from Shaw Street to Avenue Road.
The $500,000 project won overwhelming support at council after a heated debate pitting downtown councillors against some suburban representatives.
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The bike lanes passed 38-3, with councillors Giorgio Mammoliti, Stephen Holyday and Jim Karygiannis opposing.
Mayor John Tory said the results of the pilot will be carefully studied.
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The lanes will be installed this August, and local cycling advocates are overjoyed by what they’re calling a victory decades in the making.
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