If tolls are implemented on the Gardiner and DVP, a Toronto councillor is arguing that events that close down the highways should no longer be allowed.
On one Sunday every year, 21,000 cyclists and runners take over the two highways.
The public works committee voted Wednesday in favour of allowing the Ride for Heart to close down the highways on the first Sunday of June both this year, and next.
But councillor Giorgio Mammoliti says if council goes ahead with tolls, drivers should be the only ones allowed to use the roadways.
Ride for Heart pays a permit fee of just under $25,000 to pay for the cost of the closure, the city staffing needed for the day and any cleanup.
Mammoliti, though, says cyclists and runners wouldn't be the ones who pay for highway maintenance day after day.
The committee voted in favour of asking staff to report back on what the city should do about events like Ride for Heart if tolls are implemented.