After months of planning and arguing between the City of Erie and Greengarden Boulevard residents, the Greengarden Boulevard Bike Lane has officially begun construction.

But now, residents are working to maintain their on-street parking rights, calling the lack of on-street parking "unconstitutional."

"Last time I checked this was America, and I think we had a constitution, I think we had a Bill of Rights," said City Councilperson Ed Brzezinski, speaking on behalf of the Greengarden Boulevard residents.

"I think we have some rights along with our responsibilities, you can't do that. I mean for Pete's sakes, grandma falls down, so the three kids come rushing over, there's going to be three cars in front of the house. Is she going to call the mayor and say there's three cars in front of the house? A lot of this stuff is kind of asinine."

Brzezinski says the whole plan felt not very well thought out, but says he's working with the Greengarden residents, and the City Solicitor, to secure plans for parking on the street in the future.

"The [City of Erie] Solicitor, Mr. [Ed] Betza, has been contacted by me. He's gonna put together an ordinance to make sure that the folks will not lose their ability to park in front of their house. And as you can see, if you look down the street, they have driveways, but they're worried about backing out of the driveway with this [bike path] too."

City Solicitor Ed Betza says the parking ordinance is ultimately up to City Council.

"Residents have raised legitimate concerns about parking in the area, there's not significant amounts of parking in the area, but there is important parking in the area," said Betza.

"I think that we could accommodate that without too much difficulty. Ultimately counsel is going to have to identify what circumstances would allow people to park, but I'm pretty confident that the group as a whole will reach a sound resolution."

Meanwhile, bicyclists across the area are looking forward to the bike lane finally going into place. 

"Yeah I live on 22nd & Greengarden basically, and I own 7 bikes, an E bike, and in the past I've hit," said Peter Fries, a bicyclist who lives along Greengarden. "But it's very important, especially for the kids to ride safely; and I ride to Frontier Park a lot, and it's really hazardous. They do have a sidewalk, but it's unkept. So many people are texting these days and not watching the road. So this is going to be a big plus. I know these people need the parking, but we need to ride around the city."