Thanks to everyone who came out to the open houses and who viewed and commented on the plan. The Hollis Street bike lane was approved by Regional Council in 2015 and was implemented by the municipality in 2015.

Halifax staff shared draft plans for the Hollis Street bicycle lane on this site and at an open house in June 2014. Many people reviewed and commented on those plans and as a result of those comments a revised layout is being proposed. For a number of reasons, the bicycle lane is now proposed on the LEFT (east) side of the street (but it is still intended for southbound cycle travel). Those plans were revised and presented at an open house in April 2015.

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Vehicle Parking in Bike Lanes

<p>2 weeks ago I phoned 311 to file a complaint about vehicles parking in the bike lane along Purcells Cove Rd, which so happened to be Bike Week and Greek Fest.</p> <p>Earlier in the week, I had been riding to Dartmouth and phoned 311 to complain that there were vehicles parked along prince Albert Rd. </p> <p>I had an email reply from 311 saying that there was NO response, because the parking enforcement officer(s) were busy to respond to the Purcells Cove Rd complaint and the officer should up 3 hours later to Prince Albert Rd and there were no cars there !</p> <p>So my question is - why even paint lines designated as bike lanes, if vehicles park in them and parking enforcement don't even bother showing up !!! I sent an email off to the mayor, councillor McCluskey and Watts. Councillor Watts was the only one to reply ! The email was sent in regards to the Mayor saying he wouldn't mind seeing fewer tickets handed out during special events and Councillor McCluskey stated that as long as it wasn't a safety issue, whay ticket the vehicles !</p> <p>To me this is a problem ! </p> <p> </p>
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Reducing Hollis Street to 1 lane and parking challenges

<p><span>Ok. So, good idea. Reduce Hollis St to one lane from the 1-1/2 it generally is now (two is overly generous). Solve the parking issue by removing all the street parking spaces and turning MetroPark (a HRM owned property) into free parking from paid.  It's severely underutilized now, so fill it up and there will be no worries about drivers parking over the bike lanes.  </span></p>
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