Ontario's transportation minister says the government plans to soon restore lanes of vehicle traffic but keep bike lanes on a short stretch of Bloor Street W. in Toronto, despite an ongoing court case.

An Ontario Superior Court judge ruled in July that a provincial law to remove three stretches of Toronto bike lanes is unconstitutional.

The government appealed the decision and the Court of Appeal for Ontario is set to hear the case in January, but a statement Thursday from Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria says the government believes this latest move is still consistent with the lower-court ruling.

Sarkaria says the work that is set to begin on or shortly after Oct. 20 will not remove bike lanes from Bloor Street W. between Resurrection Road and Clissold Road, rather it will re

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