The city of San Diego will need to reconsider plans to change a major thoroughfare in Little Italy. The Downtown Community Planning Council rejected a proposal Wednesday that would have removed parking along Grape Street to increase traffic lanes. Grape Street is a main thoroughfare for people traveling from the airport to get to I-5. "Grape is like a freeway and it's not pleasant," said a Hillcrest resident during Wednesday's meeting. City officials' and San Diego County Regional Airport Authority's traffic plan would have removed parking on both sides of Grape Street to add a fourth lane for cars. One bike lane would also have been added. Neighbors came to voice their opinions on the plan. "I think by expanding Grape Street you discount what Little Italy is," one resident said. Which is an urban, dense, vibrant, colorful, neighborhood people want to go to not go through. I'd encourage you to oppose." However, those in favor of the project say more lanes are needed to keep up with a higher traffic volume expected from the airport's expansion. The planning council said adding a fourth lane would decrease travel time on Grape Street by 28.6 seconds. "I don't think 28.6 seconds is worth more collisions with pedestrians or significantly worse quality of life for Little Italy residents," said a planning council member. FULL STORY: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/plan-grape-street-rejected-council/509-fab36cc4-a4b2-4498-abfd-61cd669ca2e2