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Business owners and residents urge council to preserve on‑street parking and question 9 Mile 'road diet' plans
Summary
At the Jan. 21 meeting, multiple business owners and residents urged Eastpointe officials to preserve curbside parking on 9 Mile Road, arguing reduced parking would hurt longstanding businesses and that proposed walkability improvements may not match the corridor’s car‑oriented uses.
Several Eastpointe business owners and residents used the Jan. 21 public‑comment periods to urge the city to preserve front‑of‑building parking on 9 Mile Road and to question whether proposed changes to make the corridor more walkable would benefit the area’s auto‑oriented businesses.
Cheryl Chikini, who said she and her husband have owned a building on the block between Raine and Cushing for almost 40 years, told council she had documented space for parallel parking in front of her building and asked the city to instruct AEW to alter planned work to retain parking.
"I'm here to plead with you to please reevaluate and and…
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