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Next council will rip out bike lanes

Re: “Proceed with caution on Cook St. bike lanes,” comment, Jan. 17. The author’s assessment of our current mayor and council’s blind adherence to the mantra “If it’s a bike lane, it must be good” is spot on.

Re: “Proceed with caution on Cook St. bike lanes,” comment, Jan. 17.

The author’s assessment of our current mayor and council’s blind adherence to the mantra “If it’s a bike lane, it must be good” is spot on. They and their political allies just haven’t listened to the arguments against the protected bike lanes throughout the densely travelled downtown core. They seem to hear what they want to hear.

It seems to me, however, that we should not be so much concerned about the cost of constructing these white elephants ($27 per millimetre), but the cost for the next mayor and council to rip them up, because whoever promises that will get elected come fall.

M.D. Hansen

Victoria