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A Winnipeg city councillor wants police to have the power to ticket those who drive vehicles on restricted bike routes such as Wellington Crescent on Sundays.

Signs say part of Wellington is restricted to local vehicular traffic on Sundays so people can bike, walk and run.

But Coun. John Orlikow says that's not what is happening. "What we have found is a number of people are either not seeing the signage or ignoring it," he said.

Orlikow wants a city committee to review restricted Sunday bicycle routes such as those on Wellington Crescent, Scotia Street, and Wolseley Avenue.

But Mark Oswald, who enjoys biking down Wellington Crescent, doesn't think a review will change anything. "I think its probably just a waste of time. Who is going to be the enforcer? People have to be aware there are cars possibly coming down the road."

Orlikow wants the current signage to be enforceable under the provincial Highway Traffic Act so police can actually ticket drivers who ignore the signs. "When we started looking at ... the actual signage we have up right now ... it's not part of the Highway Traffic Act," said Orlikow. "So therefore the police actually can not hand out tickets."

Orlikow said ultimately the province will have to amend the Highway Traffic Act and the city develop new signage to resolve the problem.