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Lancaster staff outlines residential permit-parking pilot and street projects for 2025
Summary
City public-works staff told the Traffic Commission the city has approved a pilot for residential permit parking, is testing data collection and license-plate readers, and plans several street and pedestrian projects this year, including South Duke Street construction and final work on the Plum Street roundabout.
City public-works staff told the Lancaster City Traffic Commission on Jan. 14 that the city has approved a pilot for residential permit parking (RPP), is building data tools to support broader RPP implementation, and expects several street and pedestrian projects to reach construction this year.
The RPP pilot will test two areas in the city, “with the residential permit parking, we have been approved to pilot a program,” said Cindy McCormick, deputy director in the Department of Public Works. McCormick said staff are collecting occupancy and other data and working with the Lancaster Parking Authority on license-plate readers to measure parking use and help automate future RPP decisions.
The pilot aims to inform whether and how the city expands permit parking. “We will be reaching out to residents in those areas that are impacted to have public meetings and have more discussion about that,” McCormick said.
Nut graf: The pilot matters because the city’s RPP program changes who can park on certain streets and how long; staff framed the pilot as groundwork for handling RPP at a larger scale and for connecting parking enforcement and planning with new data tools.
Staff also summarized capital and maintenance projects planned for 2025. Specific projects highlighted included: the South Duke Street corridor reconstruction between Church and Chesapeake; pedestrian and intersection improvements at Queen and Farnam (final design, anticipated construction this year); final pavement restoration and signage on the Plum Street roundabout delayed until spring; and traffic-signal upgrade contracts recently awarded for intersections along Manor Street. Lauren Finn, senior planner, and Mindy Gable, the traffic-commission administrator, joined McCormick in describing the work that the right-of-way division is managing.
McCormick said the project list will be published for commissioners and the public and that staff may highlight one project per meeting going forward to increase awareness. She noted some signage and pavement work was postponed by winter weather and will be completed in spring.
Ending: Staff said specifics on scheduling and resident outreach will appear in coming weeks and that the traffic commission will be updated at subsequent meetings.
