As part of a master plan, the city added bike lanes to a stretch of Rushing where drivers say it's now become a danger and a waste of taxpayer money.

On Tuesday, Northeast representative Melina Castro asked the council to return the stretch of Rushing Road back to how it was. Council voted 5-2 to keep it as is, but members said they will learn from this mistake. A mistake that cost thousands of dollars of tax payer money.

Northeast El Paso residents expressed their concern as soon as these bike lanes went up, reducing the lanes from four to two.

"You don't see a lot of bicycles, and then you see a lot of traffic backed up," said Ralph Sellers of Northeast El Paso.

Residents said the street has become dangerous because traffic entering Rushing from the Dyer or Transmountain intersections goes from two lanes and somehow squeezes into one.

"Right there, there's a traffic jam in itself, people can't turn into our place or any other business right here," said Mike Ellerbrock, an employee at Amarillo Cycle.

Some Northeast residents said they don't see a lot of cyclists using the bike lanes.

"I think it was a waste of money," said Ellerbrock.

When the city began a repaving project on Rushing, workers took some extra steps and added bike lanes, a middle turning lane and some parking spaces. But the city didn't call for public opinion.

"I was never notified, it just happened over a period of time. We didn't get the opportunity to go ahead and have a community meeting," said Castro.