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EDC hears complaints about tour-bus parking in Lower Village; staff to meet tour company March 9
Summary
Economic development staff told the Kennebunk EDC that tour-bus parking on Cross Street is causing traffic, noise and pollution problems while businesses rely on bus customers; Kennebunk and Kennebunkport staff will meet March 9 with the tour company and buses to test alternative parking scenarios.
At the March 5 meeting of the Kennebunk Economic Development Committee, Stephen Houdlette (listed in the minutes as EVD) described problems caused by tour buses parking on Cross Street in the Lower Village and said staff will meet March 9 with representatives of the tour company and their buses to test alternative parking scenarios.
Houdlette told the committee that current parking arrangements “do not work,” creating traffic, noise and pollution and costing the Town money, while also acknowledging that local businesses depend on bus customers. The minutes record that Kennebunk and Kennebunkport staff will meet on March 9 with people from the tour company, with their buses, to try different parking scenarios in the Port and Lower Village.
No formal action, ticketing plan or ordinance change was recorded in the minutes on March 5. The minutes show the issue was presented for discussion and that staff planned a joint site meeting with the tour operator; outcomes of the March 9 meeting were not included in the March 5 record.
