A Saskatoon city councillor is disappointed that six concrete barriers will be removed from 9th Street.

Council voted to remove the blockade, despite the fact that a traffic consultation from people in the area asked that it remain in place.

"We had built up excitement about a process and a sense of commonality within a neighbourhood, and then we kind of threw it under the bus," said Councillor Charlie Clark. "That, to me, is where we undermine our work."

The blockade has been controversial. Before the barriers were erected, cars used to use 9th Street as a way on to the Idylwyld Drive freeway.

After a year and a half of consultations and traffic studies, administration heard that people in the neighbourhood said traffic on the street was much too fast, and that there were several hit-and-runs in the neighbourhood.

However, after people started speaking out against the barrier, a petition campaign was started, council voted to ignore the study.

"We've got eight more traffic reviews coming up in the city this year, and in my experience, those reviews are times when neighbours get to know each other," said Clark. "We need to be clear as a council, what are the rules of engagement, and how are we going to work with people on things?"

Advocates drafted a petition to re-open the ramp with more than 50 complainants.

Clark wanted the city to leave the barricades in place for a year, then revisit the issue.