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Galesburg Conducts Parking Study
The City of Galesburg could be on the verge of essentially changing how everyone parks in the city's downtown area.

City Engineer Wayne Carl says at various times the last few weeks, city employees have been out at city parking areas on Simmons Street from Broad to Prairie Streets, then on Main Street from Cherry to Seminary, doing traffic counts and determining how long cars are parked in downtown lots and on the street.

Carl tells WGIL the city's Traffic Advisory Committee asked for the study based on a lot of calls the city's received.

"We've received quite a few requests for the downtown parking, for loading zones or 15 minute parking spaces, or even on Main Street, marking all the individual spaces," Carl said. "This study is going to determine the availability of parking; also, how often the parking turns over. And, finally, it's going to look at the efficiency of the way people are parking, and if stalls are marked, can you get more cars parking in there than currently?"

Carl says some parking areas get more complaints than others -- like the parking lot across from the WGIL studios on Simmons Street, for example. When asked about what some residents told us they heard would be the case -- changing that lot to all one-hour parking, Carl said that's news to him.

The study and any recommendations are expected to be done in May.
04 03 11 by Newsroom
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