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Board of Alders committee backs residential parking zone for First Street block
Summary
The New Haven City Services and Environmental Policy Committee voted to advance an order establishing a residential parking zone for the First Street block after residents described long-term airport parking, safety and trash concerns. The committee amended language and will send the measure to the full Board of Alders for final approval.
The New Haven City Services and Environmental Policy Committee voted May 1 to advance an order creating a residential parking zone on a block of First Street, following testimony from neighbors who said airport-related long‑term parking has made driveways and sidewalks unsafe and left street garbage.
Residents described repeated incidents of long-term parked cars at the edge of driveways, people knocking at doors to ask permission to leave vehicles, and trash left behind from vehicles waiting for flights. The committee substituted revised language into the order, approved the amendment and moved the item to the full Board of Alders for final action.
The measure would designate a block on First Street as…
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