The Standing Committee on Transportation and Safety wants more information before recommending a solution for parking congestion in part of south Windsor.
The very busy intersection at Northwood and Dominion streets is the main focus.
The Windsor Mosque, Holy Names High School and Northwood Public School are all in that vicinity. Because of parking congestion on day of worship at the mosque on Friday, a parking allowance for worshipers is being requested from 11am to 4pm.
Ward 10 councillor Paul Borelli told listeners on AM800's The Lynn Martin Show, it would affect several residential streets in the neighborhood. He says the request is driven by how busy the mosque becomes on Fridays with around 3,500 people attending.
"They just want parking privileges, on the residential streets for that period of time during the say because of the number of people that are coming into the area to the mosque," says Borelli.
He says one recommendation in the Central Box Study aggravates the problem further.
"Once you eliminate the parking on Dominion where do the cars go, and that's the essential problem," says Borelli. "The mosque is asking for a privilege for those hours on Friday so they can basically re-route themselves to the residential areas."
He expects the matter will be delayed at this week's meeting of the standing committee.
"Either myself or the chair, who is Bill Marra, will probably ask for a deferral and the reason for that is because we're waiting for a more comprehensive report from administration to deal with this issue," says Borelli.
The councillor adds the streets most affected if the parking allowance were approved are Mark, Everts, Curry, McKay and Longfellow.