Friday, May 23, 2014
Permit parking only
Last week I wrote about how the borough of Kennett Square made Center Street a one-way (southbound) road from State to Cypress Streets (next to the Market at Liberty Place), effective May 19. A few days later I drove down that block and noticed that they had already converted what used to be the northbound lane into diagonal, permit-only parking spaces. Not only do you need a permit to park there (during weekday business hours), but you also have to back your vehicle into the spot.
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We are doing this as trial to see how much additional parking we can squeeze out of what we already have (i.e. streets). The current arrangement netted us 2 additional spaces, plus it eliminates the difficult turn from northbound Center Street onto State, which had a bad sight angle.
ReplyDeleteThank you for commenting, Dan!
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome! We will see how this little experiment goes. So far the reaction has been positive. If it continues to be then perhaps we can coax another dozen or so parking spaces out of the borough for the cost of a few signs and some paint!
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