Bike path on St-Laurent Boulevard causes traffic chaos

The new bike path under the train tracks on St-Laurent Boulevard has cyclists heading off helter-skelter in all directions, at some points forcing them to turn into oncoming traffic or awkwardly merge.

Aref Salem, the executive committee member responsible for transportation, acknowledged there's still work to be done.

He told CBC's Daybreakthe project won't be finished until the end of June.

Among the work that still needs to be done is the installation oftrafficlight at one of the worst corners,where cyclists turning south onto St-Laurent Boulevard from Bellechasse Street have to turn into oncoming traffic.

Salemsaid the number of cyclists using path has grown past thetargetof 2,000 users. He saidthey'll have to take the higher flow of traffic into account as they complete the project.

ZviLeve, a spokesperson for CoalitionVlodeMontral, said that while it's great to finally have a safer, dedicated path, there's room for improvement.

"To a large degree, it's a victim of its own success," Leve said.