City Council voted Oct. 22 to deny a resolution presented by residents, which would support a petition to limit the expansion of Glade Road. However, the council did approve a resolution calling for a special election May 9 for residents to adopt or reject propositions relative to the protection of Glade Road.

The petition was headed by Bobby Lindamood and Elizabeth Zeitlin and contained more than 800 signatures when it was received by the city Oct. 15.

Lindamood told the council that he hoped the council would not pass the petition-related resolution so that the matter could be brought before residents in the form of a vote.

"We have tried to work this out with you many times because we didn't want it to come to this," Lindamood said. "We just want to be heard. The way you let people have their voice is through a vote. It's the democratic way."

The city has been discussing the $20.8 million project since 2013. The current plan is to complete the project in four phases throughout 10 years.