The mayor’s office Wednesday stood by its decision to redesign a bike lane in Canton and fired back at advocacy groups that have been criticizing Mayor Catherine Pugh recently.
Pugh and Anthony McCarthy, her spokesman, both said they continue to support a redesign of a proposed bike lane that would run from Patterson Park to Canton on Potomac Street. Jim Smith, the mayor’s director of strategic alliances, sent a letter to Canton community members and advocacy groups last week saying the city was…