Revere Traffic Commission approves metered public parking at Gibson Apartments; several speed- and parking‑change requests sent to public hearing

Revere City Traffic Commission members on May 15 approved metering 17 on‑street public parking spaces at the Gibson Apartments and forwarded a number of traffic‑calming and parking changes for additional review or public hearing.

The commission voted to authorize meters for the 17 spaces after hearing from Zachary Bobo, the city's director of parking, who said the spaces were required under state approval for the Gibson Point development and were intended to serve a new restaurant at the building and members of the public visiting the nearby pier and conservation area. "This came up as the development of Gibson Point looked for additional conservation land to build up their parking lot... they were to provide us with 18 public parking spaces," Bobo said, and told the commission the developer would pay for the meters.

The action passed on a voice vote with no recorded opposition.

Why it matters: metering will change how the short block of street adjacent to the new development is used and establishes paid public parking tied to the project's state approvals.

The panel also considered a resident and councilor request to reduce the posted speed on Campbell Avenue from 25 mph to 20 mph. Ward 2 Councilor Iren Ovacelski told the commission he submitted the request on behalf of constituents…