City’s bike lane faces backlash from Sloan’s Lake homeowners [Video]

DENVER — A plan to install new bike lanes on a busy street near Sloan’s Lake is moving forward but with significant changes that now affect homeowners.

Initially, the 29th Avenue Safer and Slower Street with Bikeway Project proposal would have impacted small businesses by eliminating parking, but now, it will remove nearly all street parking for homeowners along the stretch. Residents who will be affected say this means parking a block away from their homes.

Construction of the bike lanes will begin at the end of October, removing parking on W. 29th Avenue from Wolff Street to King Street. The city said the plan was adjusted after gathering community feedback through a July open house and a survey with over 200 respondents.

“Before this situation, I did not think I would be …