Davenport MP Jonah Schein demands urgent action on cycling safety
Jonah Schein, newly elected MPP for Davenport, has today written to the Minister of Transportation asking him to urgently address the need to improve cycling safety across the province, following the tragic death earlier this month of Jenna Morrison on a street in his riding.
Schein is demanding to know when the long-delayed government cycling strategy will finally be published.
“We desperately need a new provincial strategy to make cycling safer. The McGuinty government has been working on a strategy for at least 18 months now. We cannot wait for more cyclists to be killed and injured on our roads before we start taking action,” said Schein.
Schein pointed out in the letter that that the Minister Bob Chiarelli promised after the death of Jenna Morrison that he would ask his officials to review infrastructure requirements for cycling on Ontario’s roads.
“The former Minister of Transportation said over a year ago that the government’s draft cycling strategy would be released ‘in months’. We do not need another study. We need action. The government must finally show some urgency by releasing its strategy that’s gathering dust on the Minister’s desk while cyclists are facing unsafe journeys every day,” he added.
Jonah Schein will continue to press the government to publish the strategy and start making the roads safer for cyclists in his riding and across Ontario.
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