City council's protection and community services committee has approved a plan to remove "unwarranted" stop signs from busy bike routes.

Heeding the advice of city transportation managers, councillors voted not to proceed with a plan to allow cyclists to roll through stop signs when no pedestrians, vehicles and other bikes are present.

But the traffic managers recommended the committee ask Winnipeg's Active Transportation Advisory Committee - which provides input into trail-building efforts - to come up with a list of streets to review with respect to possibly removing some stop signs.

Some older stop signs may not be needed, traffic managers said. Removing them would also benefit motorists and people who live along these routes, they said.

The committee vote was unanimous. The plan still faces approval from executive policy committee next week and council as a whole on March 24.