A four-year pilot project has been launched in an effort to resolve parking problems on streets around the Windsor Mosque.
City council is moving ahead with a plan to allow on-street parking on Mark Ave., Everts Ave., Curry Ave. and McKay Ave. between 11:30am and 3:30pm during Friday prayer service.
An estimated 3,500 people attend the Friday service at the mosque which sits at the corner of Northwood St. and Dominion Blvd.
But the plan is meeting some opposition with Ward 10 councillor-elect Jim Morrison opposed to the pilot project.
He says those who live in the area fear their neighbourhood is going to become a parking lot and believes it will not solve the problem.
Dr. Sinan Yasarlar is with the Windsor Islamic Association and tells CTV Windsor the mosque is dedicated to making the pilot project work in the short-term.
"If we are neighbours here, we can work this out," says Yasarlar. "This solution has to be enforced, temporarily, to satisfy all the parties in the area."
Morrison says traffic congestion is already a major issue in that area with Holy Names Catholic High School and Northwood Public School nearby as well.
Councillor Rino Bortolin made a motion to defer the issue while city staff looked for a better solution but that motion was denied.