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Council approves downtown angled parking plan; funding, trees and park frontage draw debate
Summary
The Wausau Common Council voted 9-2 on Feb. 25 to approve a downtown angled parking project on North Fourth, Franklin and McIndoe/Mackinac streets with a cost share from the Woodson YMCA.
The Wausau Common Council voted 9-2 on Feb. 25 to approve a downtown parking improvement project on North Fourth Street, Franklin Street and McIndoe/Mackinac Street that changes parallel stalls to angled parking and includes a cost-share from the Woodson YMCA.
Proponents and city staff said the angled stalls increase total capacity and ease parking congestion near the Woodson YMCA’s Landing senior center. Brian Bailey, president and CEO of the Woodson YMCA, told the council the Landing generates heavy daytime downtown traffic and asked the council “please vote yes in partnering with…
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