City does U-turn on parking

Last week, the city posted on its social media outlets an invitation to the public to attend an open house May 19 to discuss its plans for parking along Nevada Way between Wyoming and Arizona streets. The plan called for parking in the center of the street.

The meeting was designed to get final comments from the public before the topic goes before city council on May 27. But just hours before the meeting Monday, the city sent out an updated version of the proposed construction plan, which, among other details, eliminates the center parking as well as preserves trees that had been slated for removal.

“Based on community feedback and ongoing communication with Nevada Way stakeholders, the city updated our approach to the parking configuration,” the release stated. “Option 2A replaces the center parking with diagonal parking on the west side (restaurant side) of the street and parallel parking on the east side (Ace Hardware side).”…

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