Some East Liberty neighbors concerned over parking issues due to Station Street project WPXI [Video]

PITTSBURGH — Station Street in East Liberty used to be one-way with parking along the side, but now it has two-way traffic and bike lanes. The changes have effectively eliminated all parking for residents forcing them to park blocks away from their homes or risk having their cars towed or ticketed.

“I don’t understand how you can overlook the tax-paying homeowners,” said Wendell Wilson.

Wilson lives in East Liberty on Station Street, and for years he could park right in front of his home. But that changed last November when construction work began.

“Last November they started doing something, they said we couldn’t park temporarily and we didn’t think anything about it,” he explained.

At the time, Wilson and other homeowners were under the impression that the once one-way street would become two-way traffic. But after months of road work, they began to worry when their parking wasn’t restored.

Then …