How far along are the bike routes council was asked to stop?
· Discussed by 3 people · 2 claims
Going ahead
Contracts, purchase records and the tender calendar can show which routes were already committed and whether they could still have been tendered for 2026.
The signed design contracts and the 2026 tender calendar answer both.
People arguing in both directions raised this question, and every claim they made about it is checked, whichever way it points.
Where it came from
Taken from Yegscoop post on council's 2026-08-26 bike lane decision, read end to end. Every factual claim in it was extracted and merged, so this question is listed whatever became of it.
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The claims under it
The City has already paid for the design and signed contracts for the planned routes.
Discussed by 2 people
We've already paid for the design, and many contracts
Cedar Pelican C. · comment 183
designs were already paid for right
Windy Porcupine C. · comment 210
The routes being pushed through are too late to tender for the 2026 construction season anyway.
Discussed by 1 person
The routes in question are too late to tender for 2026 anyway!
Boreal Marmot L. · comment 200