edward, christine, michael, vince -- sorry if i don't get your name right -- joel, lawrence lee. please come forward. first speaker please. >> again, we're doing two minutes per person. >> you can use your mic to your right. >> i want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak. i'd like to express my strong opposition to this project. this project will increase the congestion on the avenue especially with rush hour and increased traffic [inaudible] public safety and create a great hard /spheup for our neighborhood residents such as myself. i'm a long time resident there. i live three houses from [inaudible] avenue and i'm a long time city employee. the only place that i can park is at a nearby street that has a neighborhood watch program that's off of [inaudible] and if parking space are taken away from [inaudible] avenue then those parkers will probably park nearby and then i will be out of a space because of the overflow and many residents there without parking spaces. and also there are many students that go to usf and the overflow from taking away parking spaces will

lawrence lee explains. >> a year since the london games and euphoria has given way to planning. the place is full of trucks and diggers turning the entire site into a play ground for londoners. the pool will be open until next spring, the indoor arenas as well to be shared by the elites and ordinary. all this takes lots of political boxes. it's very multicultural and bridges social divides and it's healthy and what the legacy people promised all along. >> the stadium with athletics coming up this weekend and the north of the park becomes a public park from this weekend as well, a place for people to come and stroll and have a picnic, walk the dog. >> the top-class athletes love this place for training and elite event. for amateurs, to be able to do the sport alongside the best will be like a tennis player going for a knock at wimbledon. the longer the time has gone on, the more jubilant the authorities have sounded about london's legacy. for one thing, it looks like the taxpayer might see a return on investments london could end up making rather than costing britain money. but t

. >> i live -- my name is lawrence lee, i live in the thrower hey and i'm a board member of the association. i'm department on bicycling to get around the city and it's really the most affordable way for me to get around. too frequently we hear about injuries and deaths caused by automobile traffic around this place. the situation is dangerous and the automobile traffic is frankly just uncivilized and our neighborhood residents deserve better. i continua to hear how riding on the street is frightening for those who have to use it and sometimes they even have to use sidewalk. we cyclists do not have the option to push a gas ped /al to get uphill and achieve that acceleration that's needed to keep up with the traffic. i thank you for the work that's been made on oak and fell. that has made east and westbound traffic a lot more civilized, but we need improvements on masoniy. i commend you on the years /spepbts on developing this project. i's a common sense proposal with elements that have been tested all over the world so you can /*r successfully including urban cities and they are proven to m