But, through the process, Marchesseault thinks their design, which includes a roundabout and boulevard trees to slow traffic, as well as parking on one side of the street, is for the best.

“We went through a pretty involved public process,” Marchesseault said. “It’s provided an opportunity for people in that neighborhood to walk safely. I think, in a year, when the vegetation starts to grow in, it’s going to be a beautiful street.”

Dennis Gordon, who lives near Mary Avenue, says he doesn’t think the street dimensions and parking space sizes are large enough to accommodate the expected influx of traffic.

“The way it’s laid out now, it’s actually a danger to the residents who live there and to the people driving on it,” Gordon said. “It’s like they put a size 12 foot into a size 9 shoe.”

He’s disappointed by what he sees as the city bowing to developers rather than listening to the neighbors.

Peter Walker-Keleher, with DJ&A Engineers, Planners and Surveyors acknowledged at an October 2016 meeting that “anytime you get lots of different people, you are never going to make them all happy.”

He continued, “The project itself impacts the neighborhood. It’s going from a quiet dead-end street to a street with almost 4,000 cars daily. That is a big difference. But … by and large I feel like we’ve balanced property owners’ needs with the needs of the broader community.”

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