Representatives from the Center for Planning Excellence, the Department of Public Works and the Planning Department will join Metro Councilwoman C. Denise Marcelle at a public meeting Monday on Monday to discuss the bike lanes on Glenmore and Hundred Oaks avenues that recently have become a source of controversy in the Webb Park neighborhood.
Though the bike lanes have been in place for nine years, only recently has the Baton Rouge Police Department begun to enforce the no-parking provision that applies to the bike lanes. That has inflamed some long-time residents of Glenmore and Hundred Oaks, who say they don’t dislike bike lanes but want the flexibility to park in front of their homes when necessary.
Cycling enthusiasts—concerned about the growing number of violators who were parking in the bike lanes—called attention to the matter in early August, demanding that BRPD officers issue tickets to violators. In the weeks since, petitions have circulated in the neighborhood calling for the removal of the bike lanes.
Monday’s meeting is open to the public and will be held at 5:30 p.m at Ingleside Methodist Church, 4264 Capital Heights Ave.
Webb Park residents with specific questions should send a concise list via email to webbpark.ca@gmail.com no later than 5 p.m. Thursday.  Others are encouraged to submit topics of concern to Marcelle’s council office by phone, 225-389-3182, or by email to council-dist7@brgov.com.
A meeting held last Wednesday by the Webb Park Civic Association regarding the bike lanes lasted about two hours and got heated at times, but association president Blake May told Daily Report the forum was productive and served as an opportunity for both sides of the issue to discuss the source of the dispute and possible compromises.
—Stephanie Riegel
