Springdale council rejects proposed one-way conversions after public hearing on parking study

A public hearing and council votes on March 5, 2025, ended with the Springdale City Council rejecting two ordinances that would have converted Castro Lane and Ledro Street to one‑way streets.

The ordinances — No. 8‑20‑25 to establish Castro Lane westbound between Benadir Road and Ledro Street and No. 9‑20‑25 to establish Ledro Street as a counterclockwise one‑way — were debated after a presentation of a parking and sight‑distance study by TEC Engineering. The council conducted a second reading of both ordinances and then voted; both failed, 6–1.

The study presented by Ed Williams of TEC Engineering found about 119 legal parking spaces on Ledro and about 61 on Castro. Engineers identified roughly 20 spaces that would have to be marked no‑parking if the streets remained two‑way to meet stopping sight‑distance requirements. “There’s about 119 legal parking spaces on Ledro and about 61 legal parking spaces on Castro,” Williams told the council, and he explained that stopping sight distance thresholds differ by operation: “If it’s one way, it’s 155 feet. If it’s two way, then it’s double that because both cars have to identify the object and see.” The…