September 7, 2025 - For communities along Eglinton, there was finally a light at the end of the tunnel. After more than a decade of LRT construction, residents and businesses were looking forward to improved access to safe and protected cycling infrastructure.
But the City of Toronto is reversing course and plans to delay the EglintonTOday Complete Street from Keele to Mount Pleasant until later. That means resurfacing the road now, then ripping it up again to install bike lanes and safety improvements. This will cost more, snarl traffic twice, keep people unsafe, and risk provincial interference under Bill 212
Eglinton has waited too long. We need to act now!
I want to tell the city to stop delaying here.
Bike lanes are too often blamed for traffic congestion as part of a bad faith culture war, but Cycle Toronto’s legal win confirms what we’ve always known that bike lanes are part of the solution. The city’s delay is a self-inflicted error that will make congestion worse by forcing residents and businesses along Eglinton to endure two rounds of needlessly and costly construction instead of one.
Currently, bits and pieces of bike lanes built by the Province exist here and there on Eglinton, but this disconnected collection of cycling infrastructure is confusing and dangerous to all road users. Metrolinx did their part; the city needs to fix their half of the deal.
Building the bike lane now, as originally planned with the resurfacing, also inoculates the project from Bill 212 interference. If the City delays, the Province could block the bike lanes entirely.
Contact the Mayor and City Council here.
It’s just common sense. Including bike lanes in the upcoming roadwork on Eglinton will save communities weeks (or months) of frustration, protect the bike lanes from provincial interference, and potentially save lives.
We deserve a complete street, not another round of broken promises. Tell the city to stick to the plan and build the Eglinton bike lanes now – STICK to the PLAN click here.
Cycle Toronto website here.
P.S. Join us Thursday, September 11 at 6:00 pm for our Rally and Ride for Eglinton! Meet just east of Yonge and Eglinton at Holly Street as we ride to where the bike lanes end!
