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Council directs staff to prioritize signage and traffic study after wide-ranging Vester Avenue parking discussion
Summary
Following council discussion of multiple short-term and longer-term options to address downtown parking stress during construction on Vester Avenue, council asked staff to pursue improved wayfinding and messaging immediately, investigate a one-way traffic option and study valet or staged-parking solutions.
Council members and city staff discussed several options on July 14 to address parking stress on Vester Avenue and in the downtown core while construction proceeds, and gave staff a short list of priorities to pursue.
Staff outlined multiple approaches: creating additional on-street spaces by modifying curb and sidewalk sections (staff estimated roughly $60,000), piloting non-delineated parking, improving wayfinding signage, allowing reserved on-street spaces for businesses (with fees),…
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