Cycling in Waterloo Region

[Markster]

The lane does not look like a bike lane, it isn't signed that way, and wasn't there beforehand so I don't blame vehicle drivers for being confused.

Yeah, I'm feeling the same way. It looks like a parking lane. There was parking before, so it would be very reasonable to assume it's a parking lane now. I can't blame the people for not having intimate knowledge of roadwork in the region.
They should have had the opportunity to learn when the lanes were completed and painted and signed. But the construction went months overdue, and so here we are in an unfinished state.