After two work sessions during which residents along 27^th Street voiced their concerns about changing the configuration to three lanes, the Hays City Commission Thursday night approved the change.

Residents along the south side of the street don’t want to lose their parking, which they say will affect property values and push traffic closer to their properties. But Commissioner Ron Mellick says the same issue keeps coming up and it’s time to make the street fit the current traffic patterns.

Commissioner Kent Steward proposed that the city help the residents in constructing additional driveways to compensate for losing the on-street parking, but the motion failed.