Questions need to be asked about the decision to create bike lanes

One can only ponder! I doubt everything was taken into account.
I have gone to the annual Enmax sessions, and posed a few of those inquiries and was informed that a study of traffic flow on third road between thirteenth street and Mayor Magrath Drive was performed and is showed that the traffic stream would permit lessening the traffic lanes from 4 to 2 and placing in more stop lights and pedestrian crossings wouldn’t impede traffic. They stated how it functioned well elsewhere and didn’t actually have a number on exactly the number of cyclists that would utilize them in the colder time of year. The highest number of cyclists I observe downtown are the drug dealers and addicts and they will not use them, so in winter months I would estimate possibly 10 or less cyclists will actually make use of them.
I have parked and observed traffic flow on third avenue and found every one of the 4 lanes were being utilized with high progressions of traffic, and lessening the paths would create congestion. Third avenue is the only east west thoroughfare that isn’t residential on our south side, yet in their brilliance, they selected it for their experiment! 
The walkways are doublewide on this avenue and could have been divided, and utilized for a bicycle path, however I ask, would you like to mix kids on bikes with their family and Lethbridge traffic, where you as of now must be extremely, cautious strolling across a marked crosswalks? Kids often do not listen to their parents and are unaware of the dangers.
How much will it cost to clear the ice and snow from those newly constructed bike lanes? Plows cannot now push snow to the side or in the middle thanks to the planned turning lanes and the bike lanes. They will require small snowplows to clean the bicycle paths. Why clean the bicycle paths? Since different urban areas have been sued by cyclists who were injured from falling due to the ice and snow, not wiped off their paths.
They have reduced traffic flow both on third avenue and fourth avenue downtown, creating more congestion on lanes used by emergency services for responding to emergencies.
I’m am tired of attempting to maintain a business downtown, while getting hit endlessly, time again by this administration’s poor and whimsical planning. Just brilliant, are they not?
Different urban areas have had the bicycle paths eliminated from both business and public objections! Be that as it may, this administration is known for blowing millions on 100-150 member special interest groups. The addicts and the SCS being one fine example! ‘The tail wags the dog’ again!
A significant number of us downtown are tired of the constant briliant plans that blow millions of our tax dollars and often fail. The $662,000 playground in Galt Gardens being another fine example. Many of these brilliant minds have moved here from other provinces or cities and fail to understand this city.
They see plans work in other centers, but fail to understand all the variables and sell these brilliant plans to the city, and the taxpayer is stuck with the failure! Should I bring up the exhibition faisco? Too soon maybe!