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Carlsbad approves $140,000 parking study and adopts Grand Avenue lane‑reduction/diagonal parking plan (one policy change passes 4–1)

Carlsbad City Council · March 10, 2026
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Summary

The council approved a comprehensive parking study for the village, barrio and beach areas and approved striping and lane‑reduction work on Grand Avenue to add diagonal parking; staff said Avari Consulting will perform 12 quarterly surveys and present recommendations next year. The policy requiring extra council sign‑off on lane reductions passed on a separate vote, 4–1.

The Carlsbad City Council voted to contract for a comprehensive parking study and to advance design for a striping project on Grand Avenue that will convert parallel parking to diagonal spaces and reduce westbound travel lanes from two to one in the project segment.

Council approved a staff resolution to contract with Avari Consulting for a parking study covering the village, barrio and beach neighborhoods. City staff described a scope of work that includes 12 quarterly surveys (three per quarter), intercept surveys in English and Spanish, stakeholder interviews and a future‑supply and occupancy analysis to project…

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