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Council approves 2-year pilot project allowing front yard driveways in Walkerville area

Concerned residents appealed to council to approve the project citing a fear of possible alleyway crime and a lack of parking spots.

Walkerville's historic district is excluded from the project

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A residential road with street parking.
A section of Windermere Road in Windsor's Walkerville area, where street parking is in high demand due to lack of driveways. (Dalson Chen/CBC)

Windsor residents in Ward 4 will be able to park in their front yard for the next two years. It excludes Walkerville's heritage district.

Council approved the project on Monday. A subcommittee moved it ahead last year.

Concerned Walkerville residents appealed to council to approve the project, citing a fear of possible alleyway crime and lack of parking spots.

A alley.
A paved alley in Windsor's Walkerville area. (Dalson Chen/CBC)

City staff says this doesn't mean residents can park on their own front grass — instead — that it allows driveways to be constructed and curbs be cut.  And that residents will still be held to a "prescriptive process" around parking in the neighbourhoods by the municipality.

Ward 4 has the most neighbourhoods in Windsor where drivers are forced to park in paved back alleys out of necessity. 

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