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HALIFAX\/BEAVER BANK\/FALL RIVER:<\/strong> Councillors with HRM have rescinded their approval of a contentious bike lane in downtown Halifax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At council on Tuesday after further discussion, council voted 11-5 in favour of rescinding the Morris Street bike lane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Councillors Cathy Deagle Gammon, who represents Waverley-Fall River-Musquodoboit Valley, and Billy Gillis, who looks after Lower Sackville-Beaver Bank, were among two of the 11 that voted in favour of the rescission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bike lane would have seen Morris Street become one-way. It was a decision that saw Premier Tim Houston interject the province in a municipal matter and deliver an ultimatum to council.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Several councillors said they wished to support a rescission as that allows them more time to have discussions with organizations that raised concerns about the bike lane\u2019s impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discussions continued following the vote on potential alternatives to connect the downtown bike network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to CityNews Halifax, besides the rescission, the motion also states that Mayor Andy Fillmore needs to respond to the premier\u2019s comments; gives direction to the CAO to begin planning and public engagement for cycling infrastructure on Morris Street; and requests a review of plans for the University Avenue bike lane network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HRM staff are also recommending a report exploring alternatives as well as cost-saving opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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HALIFAX\/BEAVER BANK\/FALL RIVER: Councillors with HRM have rescinded their approval of a contentious bike lane in downtown Halifax. At council on Tuesday after further discussion, council voted 11-5 in favour of rescinding the Morris Street bike lane. Councillors Cathy Deagle Gammon, who represents Waverley-Fall River-Musquodoboit Valley, and Billy Gillis, who looks after Lower Sackville-Beaver Bank, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57512,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[527,8938,8150,2124,121,8918,8802,2517],"class_list":["post-57511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-andy-fillmore","tag-bike-lane","tag-councillor-billy-gillis","tag-councillor-cathy-deagle-gammon","tag-hrm","tag-morris-street","tag-morris-street-bike-lane","tag-premier-tim-houston"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/57512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}