DENVER (KDVR) — The City of Denver is getting ready to place a protected bike lane in a neighborhood near Sloans Lake. The new lane means less parking for nearby businesses and neighbors and they are not happy about it.
A protected bike lane is coming to 29th Avenue in Denver, neighbors said the city did not take their needs into consideration before moving forward with the plan.
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“We have scores of people here evenings and weekends especially, so we really need all the parking we can get,” said Lucy James, a main teacher at Kadampa Meditation Center on 29th Avenue.
James and other staffers at the Kadampa Meditation Center worry about a protected bike lane coming to 29th avenue.
“This whole neighborhood needs more parking, not less parking because of all the new apartment complexes going around- over there, over there. So when we heard, or we didn’t hear- we found out almost by accident through our neighbors, that hey were thinking about putting in the bike lanes, we were like what are we going to do? Existentially, this puts us in some awkward situation,” James explained.