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Frederick Avenue

Monday, December 3, 2012

22 Temporary Parking Spaces Created Near Garden Room

Before the dispute over a proposal to raze a Shorewood house to construct a customer parking lot comes to the Village Board, officials put in place some temporary fixes to alleviate parking issues.

Before the Village Board settles the dispute over a proposal to raze a Shorewood home to make a customer parking lot in two weeks, it approved 22 temporary spaces in hopes of alleviating any parking woes in the area. The new provisional parking options include: An ordinance on the books requires the Atwater lot to change to a permit-only lot after 8 p.m., but officials said they plan to examine if extending that an hour or two would be beneficial. Parking on Frederick Avenue would remain two-hour. Officials said the swapping of parking to the other side of the street could cause issues for residents backing out of their driveways.  "This idea sounds like it has been floated in the past and there was some concern then, and there still is, …

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Cricket

10:57 pm on Tuesday, December 18, 2012

CowDung - I was past there on foot today - wide open. I'm not surprised though if it is fuller from time to time, especially around the holidays. I also have not been the only one that has pointed out the availability of spaces. Seems like a mute point now though, doesn't it. Shot down like it should have been.   more ›

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