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Nutana resident Linda Epstein is so opposed to a proposal for bus-only lanes on Broadway Avenue, she is already making plans to move if it happens.

Epstein was among dozens who attended an engagement session Thursday by the City of Saskatoon to offer information and gather input on the city’s plan to revamp its transit system.

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Many of those who turned up clearly did so because they believe bus-only lanes would harm the character of the Broadway business district.

“I believe it enough that I’m considering moving out of the area after 41 years,” Epstein said. “I believe it will destroy the area, I really do.”

Epstein said she knows of a couple of business owners — who she declined to name — that are considering moving out of the area over the bus lanes. She fears such vacancies would make the area deteriorate to the same state as when she first moved in four decades ago.

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She called Broadway a “gem” that needs to be protected.