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Highlands board asks staff to ask DOT to reassess South Fourth parking striping after merchants warn of lost spaces
Summary
Commissioners heard that changing diagonal angled spaces to parallel parking on South Fourth Street would remove eight spaces in the narrowest stretch; staff will ask the state Department of Transportation to re‑evaluate striping and consider compact‑car designations and other mitigations before the board returns with options.
The Highlands Town Board on April 17 directed town staff to ask the North Carolina Department of Transportation to reassess the striping on South Fourth Street after a presentation showed angled‑to‑parallel conversion could reduce available parking from 16 spaces to eight in a narrow segment.
Public testimony and business owners at the meeting warned that losing multiple downtown street parking spaces could harm merchants. One shop owner, who represents a group…
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