What streets are you referring to?
Many of the residents are happy with some of the roads that have a country feel. They don't want sidewalks or the removal of trees to widen the road and make it more of a speedway. Oak Bay also has many back lanes, that are just fine.
Because much of Oak Bay is bounded by the ocean, there is less traffic speeding through the neighbourhoods to get to the next municipality.
The issue isn't the back lanes, or the roads that "have a country feel", it is about the roads that are degrading in their current state. I definitely don't support any road widening.