The Victoria bike lanes have been a hot topic around town for quite some time. Most lean to one side or the other. They view it as a very black and white situation with no grey areas in between. The fact of the matter is there are many positive and negatives to consider when forming an opinion about this controversial local infrastructure. Costs, confusions with traffic changes, loss of parking spaces have all been some points of stress. The main problems that arose with the creation of the bike-lanes was the horribly inaccurate cost estimate. The project was originally expected to cost around $7.75 million in total. With the end goal being approximaley 32 km of completed and protected bike-lanes around Victoria, making it more accessible to all cyclists. The current estimate for the completed project? $14.5 million. That is almost $3 million per kilometer. This amount along with the speed in which it all has been implemented took the majority by surprise with not m...