Windsor cyclists will soon have more roads that are bike friendly.
A subdivision street in south Windsor is getting a facelift in the form of bike lanes, but it will be at the expense of street parking.
Biking advocates have long been pushing for more bike routes through the city's side streets.
Routes that will eventually connect to the main-street lanes being established in the coming years.
"People have often said that the bike lanes in this city don't connect and it looks like a broken patchwork of bike lanes,” says Mayor Drew Dilkens. “The whole idea is, when we reconstruct, so when 30-40 years from now, we have nice bike lanes, but you do it at the time of re-constructions."
The city's bicycle use master plan, known as Bump, recommended signed bike lanes on Roselawn Drive from Woodland to Dougall.
Total cost for the project is $13,000.
Some residents along the tree-lined street didn't want the lanes because it would mean no more street parking.
A petition was circulated and 68 per cent of respondents said they were against changes.
A number of councillors Monday night said losing street parking is an "inconvenience" compared to the enhancement bike lanes offer.
The vote in favour of lanes and new signage didn't sit well with all residents.
"I don't think it's fair to residents,” says Laura McLaren. “It's not only parking that is lost. It's stopping that is lost.”
