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Downtown developer and parking manager urge city to preserve 30 Eighth Street travel lane during redevelopment
Summary
Victory Parking Management and a developer asked council to reconsider street configuration and preserve a travel lane at 30 Eighth Street to maintain access to Warwick Boulevard and support downtown redevelopment plans.
During citizen comments on Jan. 14, Alan Tanner, representing Victory Parking Management, told the Newport News City Council that a new one-way configuration and ongoing development have blocked an outbound travel route from several downtown blocks to Warwick Boulevard and asked the city to preserve or restore a travel lane where a new parking garage is planned.
“T30 Eighth Street has been ... the only outlet for 5 city blocks to get to Warwick Boulevard,” Alan Tanner said, describing the traffic impacts and saying the current configuration…
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