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Yes, hi. I can respond to you. You raised four issues, Commissioner Digby, and I just wanted to have it on the record that the taking over of one of the car lanes during COVID was a temporary measure during extraordinary time.

It was done without the usual rounds of consultation, and it was always meant to be temporary. So it's actually not extraordinary to remove this arrangement at this point. I would also like to address the fact that we're talking about a dedicated bike lane.

We have a dedicated bike lane. I understand it's crowded. We also understand that it needs to be upgraded to withstand the storms that we're getting, and that's where we are aiming to go towards.

But we're not removing the biking in Stanley Park. We're just relocating to where it used to be, where it's possible. Traffic jam on Georgia, I don't know if you don't have any data on this, but I have been stuck in the traffic trying to get to a ferry. We are talking about a major arterial road, and if you just happen to be at the wrong time, you can spend half an hour on Georgia trying to get to the causeway.

So that is a reality. And finally, you mentioned money, and yes, there will be a cost to returning the two-car lanes, but it will be significantly less than the money we're spending on lawyers defending a human rights case right now.

Thank you.

I will echo what the Commissioner Virdi was saying. Bit bit Surprised at the change of mind. I guess we no longer care, but some people cannot access the park with without without a car we we did have a lawsuit against Parks Board for having made the park inaccessible to them and that was one of our, one of the point major point on our platform to make sure that everybody had access to the park. Reopening of the Beach Avenue, but was something that Commissioner Christensen was very strong upon and she's quoted here on global a couple of days after the election basically saying that we would reopen the park to all, accessible to all, and then we'll have a brand new bike lane. So I just think you know, we have really put forward, put, really quickly put together a bike lane. It was done doing COVID with no consultation with anybody, with anything. We have staff who would work on a plan that actually makes a lot more sense. That would accommodate not only cyclists, but, but pedestrian. It would allow for better traffic options for people living in the West End. I don't understand why one would go against this, but I guess that you've grown and you've changed your mind and this is how you see, you see the world.

final question was about speeding in the park. Rather than speed bump, have we considered using cameras, which would catch not only the cyclists, not only the motorists but also the cyclists?