Brookfield officials are considering restructuring parking along the BNSF railroad tracks west of the intersection of Grand Boulevard and Brookfield, Fairview and Prairie avenues to create more parking space north of the tracks for visitors and commuters.
Deputy Police Chief Jim Mihalik presented a proposed revision to village code on Monday, Nov. 9, that would limit employee business permit parking to the north side of Burlington Avenue, freeing up existing employee parking on the south side of Brookfield Avenue for timed three-hour parking and reserved commuter parking.
Workers at businesses in downtown Brookfield can now obtain employee parking permits for spots on Burlington Avenue between Prairie and Sunnyside avenues and on Brookfield Avenue from 75 feet west of the downtown intersection to the last parking spaces west of Sunnyside, according to Brookfield’s code of ordinances…