Business owners say Speed Street one‑way change reduced access; ask council to reopen decision

A representative for VCU Technologies, speaking on behalf of company owner Jeff Myers, told council that changing Speed Street to a one‑way configuration has significantly reduced access to the business and left multiple affected businesses without adequate notice.

"The recent change making in Speed Street one way has significantly reduced access to the business... We were not notified of this proposed change despite being directly affected," Ryan McDonald said and asked the council to reconsider the ordinance process and provide affected stakeholders an opportunity for input (SEG 1659–1676, SEG 1680–1686). He also requested that if no traffic engineering study was done, the city undertake one before making the change permanent.

Council staff said the change had been under process, with some outreach, and offered to meet on-site with the company to discuss potential mitigations. The council invited the owner to the next regular meeting to present specifics, and staff said they would coordinate an on-site discussion and follow up with the business.