Residents love idea of replacing eyesore old gas station at Weld and Centre, but worry about parking, size

Guests will likely park on the public streets around the building. That's what streets are for. Get over it.

Proving once again why neighborhood associations should not be allowed to weigh in on size OR parking. A single, covered parking space adds about $60,000 to the price of a two bedroom, market-rate condo in Boston. Plus it leaves less room for additional housing. If people are so concerned about the limited parking supply, they should consider letting the city charge for it. Asking developers to build off-street parking that the market doesn't even want is just stupid policy and is driving up the cost of housing.

People need to shut up about parking. I'm tired of hearing about how everyone wants more affordable housing but then oppose neighborhood projects because won't-someone-think-of-the-parking-and-god-forbid-I-have-to-walk-an-extra-block-to-park-my-car. 22 parking spots for 19 units seems like more than enough.

This would never be allowed in Lexington or Wellesley.

. . . and the parking concerns are bullshit. I'm sorry but it's totally overblown. I lived in NYC for a long time, where I routinely had to drive around for 30 minutes waiting for an on-street space to open up as I expect is common in other Boston neighborhoods. THAT'S a parking problem. In our neighborhood it's a non-issue. The worst is you might have to park halfway up Knoll Street if you're going to Kelleher's. If someone's blocking your driveway, call the police.

I would like to see some affordable units go in here, as housing costs are going up up and up in the neighborhood.

And if we get more housing maybe we'll be able to get a bus that runs more frequently than every 25 minutes during rush hour, ha ha.

This intersection is a mess. Cars parked on the sidewalk. Gas station intentionally made a blight. A brick wall blocking the sidewalk. Vendors depositing their snow on the sidewalk. Frequently parking will choke Centre Street down to one lane on that side and if someone is turning left "Gridlock".

In the winter it is a a pedestrian nightmare because you have to walk on Center Street to pass around cars parked on the sidewalk. The police do not enforce parking at that intersection. Also cars must evacuate during snow emergencies.

I don't see this development improving any of that, but just adding to the problem. People on my street have 4-5 car drives, and still park on the street. A parking garage is far more inconvenient that parking in a driveway! Business there will suffer because of parking issues. An traffic will become worse because double parking will consistently choke Centre to one lane.

If they pass this, they really need metered parking there and enforced parking rules. If they add parking in front of development and choke Centre St. down to one lane, traffic will back up to E5 rotary every weekday morning.

One of the utility companies has been doing work on that corner of the intersection for a while. I wounder if it has to do with this project, and whether it is a foregone conclusion that it will pass?

I live on Weld Street in Roslindale. I was a very active participant in the community meetings that took place when the new Arboretum building on the Weld Hill Parcel (Puddingstone Hill) was being proposed. I would like a copy of the delineation of the conservation restriction placed on the parcel? I would like to know exactly where the line runs through the parcel and the what the restrictions are on the Arcboretum land. Is this land considered parkland and thus would set off the 100 foot need for Permission for Construction Near Parks or Parkways 7-4.11? I would like to know if this parcel needs to get Parks approval. I feel that excessive development is being proposed next to such a sacred piece of Open Space in Roslindale. This construction would dramatically alter the parkland feel of the area and the still largely residential character of much of the immediate and surrounding area. The building is proposed to wrap around onto Weld St. which is zoned for single family. In addition, this project sits very close to the Roslindale Wetlands and could possibly impact the Wetlands.

1. This intersection--Weld and Centre--is a bad intersection as someone pointed out already. Some thought will have to be given to that with people now pulling in and out of an apartment building on that corner. It's dangerous too coming up Centre Street toward Westie, which goes from two lanes to one because of the street parking in front of the existing retail there. I've had a number of close-calls there.

2. Protecting the wetlands in that neighborhood and the green space left after the development of the parcel off Weld Street are also a concern to me.

3. People on Knoll are used to having their spots in front of their houses. Some of the people on our street have lived there for 60+ years. While they don't own the spaces of course, please have some understanding and courtesy to the folks who live there too. While many of us to have driveways, they are small and build for a more pre-car era and don't have enough space for all the cars for each house. Most houses on Knoll are two family houses, with some single families too, but that means a minimum of two cars for single family (assuming they don't have teenage drivers and young adults living there) or three to four cars for a two-family.

4. Knoll Street has a lot of kids and it's a very dangerous street because people speed down it and use it as a cut-through. It is very frustrating for the residents there. Our tenant's car was completely side-swiped--mirror gone, big dent-- while it was parked on the street in front of our house one night about midnight this last fall. Our guess is a drunk driver leaving Kelleher's at the top of our street. Knoll would need speed bumps at a minimum and better yet, change the direction the street runs to stop people from coming down it even more when the traffic at Centre and Weld gets worse.

Roslindale is not right on the T, and while there is a grocery in Roslindale Village, it's a little bit far to walk for groceries from Centre Street, so folks will very likely have cars who live there, that's just the nature of things. There really isn't any convenient parking other than on Knoll Street or the spaces on Centre Street, but that would negatively impact the retail shops there, so adding parking is important. In my opinion though, the driving, the traffic and other considerations are also necessary before this development gets an OK in my opinion.