The Ford government says it will restore a lane of traffic in each direction on a short stretch of Bloor Street West without removing existing bike lanes , as it tries to find ways to fulfil its election promise without violating a court order.

Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria’s office confirmed Wednesday morning that work would begin this month to add traffic lanes back from Resurrection Road to Clissold Road, a roughly 500-metre stretch.

The work will see the existing, separated bike lanes stay in place as the government appeals an Ontario court decision that blocked it from taking bike lanes off Bloor, Yonge Street, Avenue Road and University Avenue.

“It’s a first step,” Sarkaria told Global News, adding he thought reinstating traffic lanes was “core and key” to getting

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