Loading Dutton Park Catholic Parish secretary Bernadette Maguire said removing the parking on Dornoch Terrace would have a “terrible, terrible impact” on the parish. She said the church provided community assistance every day to elderly parishioners and people with disabilities who relied on nearby parking. The church hall is booked every weekend for community events and parties. It is also a polling booth during elections and a meeting place for drug and alcohol support groups.

"So removing the parking will have a terrible, terrible impact on our parish," Ms Maguire said. Long-serving parishioner John O'Gorman said the church was an important part of the West End community. "We haven't just turned up. The plan is a bit like buying a house near a factory and then putting around a petition saying the factory should close down because it is ruining our amenity," he said. Long-serving St Francis parishioners John O'Gorman (left) and Peter Betros, former Queensland Rugby League chairman, at the church on Dornoch Terrace at West End. Credit:Tony Moore He said older parishioners would find access to the church and hall difficult with the cycle lanes.

"They have to have access by car or some form of vehicle access," Mr O'Gorman said. "We've been here since 1928. The bikes have turned up en masse only recently and all of a sudden this is all going to shut down so the bikes can be accommodated." Peter Betros, a former chairman of the Queensland Rugby League, said the St Francis church and hall were community resources, not only parish facilities. "The consequence of taking the parking away and the bus stops would be to sever this place from community use. No one would be able to use it because there is nowhere you can park to come and use it," he said. Both men said cyclists coming down Dornoch Terrace had overtaken them while they drove their cars at 50km/h.

"Not only should the traffic be slowed down, I think the cyclists should be slowed down," Mr Betros said. Four residents of Dornoch Terrace's Torbreck, Brisbane’s first skyscraper, say the proposals to remove parking would stop health workers visiting elderly residents who lived in apartments along the road. Architects Shem Guthrie and Sarah Foley, public servant Andrew Millard and retiree Rob Freeman said the plans would disadvantage carers and residents. Mr Freeman, 70, said a key federal government health strategy was to allow people to age "in place" and not be shifted to aged care facilities. "If we remove the spaces from the street, then we don’t have the capacity for Anglicare or Blue Care to provide those services to people who need that," he said.

Mr Millard said the proposal was not balanced and the proposed dedicated cycle lane would not prevent cycling accidents. Plans to make Dornoch Terrace safer for recreational cyclists have angered residents who question the need to remove 115 car spaces. Credit:Tony Moore "In the words of [lord mayor] Adrian Schrinner himself, this plan would not have prevented the terrible crash from August 2017, and will not prevent more crashes of a similar nature into the future," he said. The car involved in the accident in August 2017 was being driven slowly. Glare from the morning sun, preventing clear vision, was a factor. Deputy Premier and South Brisbane MP Jackie Trad said the onus was on the council to demonstrate how the changes could be effective.