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Residents tell Fall River Traffic Board commercial vehicles are crowding Grant Street; police outline enforcement limits
Summary
Residents said large vans and commercial vehicles are double-parking and blocking driveways and an intersection on Grant Street and nearby blocks. Police told the board vehicles may be towed if they prevent driveway access but said the city ordinance does not ban larger vans if registered as passenger vehicles.
Residents of Grant Street and nearby blocks told the Fall River City Traffic Board that large commercial vehicles have increasingly occupied curbside parking, sometimes double-parking and partially blocking driveways and intersections.
The complaints came during the board’s public-comment period. Kristen Silva, who said she lives at 147 Grant Street, described streets she canvassed last week and told the board the commercial vehicles “are taking up doubles like, 2 parking spots where cars could fit.” Dennis Feldman, of 149 Grant Street, said he counted 13 commercial-style vehicles between South Main and…
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