Halifax regional council has voted to step back from their original plan of adding a bike lane to a downtown road after nearly two hours of debating on Tuesday.

The majority of council voted against converting Morris Street into a one-way to accommodate a bike lane. This comes following warnings from Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston of intervention if they did not reserve its original decision.

“Today we have a chance to correct course, not because we were wrong to act but we were right to adjust our course. We’re right to correct course,” said Halifax Mayor Andy Fillmore.

The final vote was 11 to 5 to change course.

On July 16, Houston sent a letter to Fillmore and councillors that gave them until Aug. 6 to reverse course on the approved Morris Street plan or his government would ste

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