Horse-drawn carriage companies are again getting a rough ride in the City of Victoria.

Coun. Ben Isitt has brought forward a motion to B次元官网网址渄evelop regulations to phase out commercial horse-drawn carriage operations on city streets by 2023, providing adequate notice to operators, employees and members of the public.B次元官网网址�

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The motion brought a swift reaction from the operators of Tally-Ho and Victoria Carriage Tours.

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The motion also suggests that council encourage industry workers to consider the feasibility of B次元官网网址渆-carriagesB次元官网网址� in lieu of horses.

B次元官网网址淭hereB次元官网网址檚 certainly something quaint about horse-drawn transportation, but I think itB次元官网网址檚 ill suited to a 21st century city where weB次元官网网址檙e only seeing more and more traffic and congestion,B次元官网网址� Isitt said.

The carriages have been a contentious topic for years, with a spur in push back prompted in 2018 by a viral video that showed working horses struggling to get up after taking a tumble near Ogden Point.

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