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Bozeman staff propose alternate‑side and overnight parking rules to improve winter street maintenance
Summary
Public works and transportation staff recommended expanding signed alternate‑side parking and targeted overnight restrictions downtown to help graders clear curb‑to‑curb, reduce emergency access risk and increase snow‑haul efficiency.
City transportation and streets staff told the City Commission on April 22 that targeted parking changes — signed alternate‑side rules and expanded overnight restrictions in the downtown/legacy neighborhood core — would significantly improve winter street maintenance, reduce time and cost, and lower the risk of emergency vehicles being obstructed.
Nick Ross, transportation engineering director, reviewed this winter’s operations. Streets crews handled about 84 inches of snow in roughly 50 events this season, plowing about 46,000 lane miles and hauling snow for about 1,300 crew hours. Ross said Bozeman’s legacy central streets often measure under 35 feet curb‑to‑curb; graders operate…
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