Glasgow Downtown Will See Angle-In Parking

Glasgow Downtown Association / For the Courier

The City of Glasgow has decided to return part of the downtown parking to angle-in parking. The Downtown Parking Project was awarded to a contractor by the City Council several weeks ago. The start date of the project is still unclear, but the plan will bring many advantages to downtown Glasgow:

Available parking downtown will increase by 20 to 30 percent.

Angle parking will be implemented on the south side of 2nd Ave South and the east side of 3rd St S.

The plan includes a mid-block van-accessible handicap parking space between 6th St S and 5th St S and ADA ramp.

Maintaining streets that are angle-parked is a little different than parallel-parked streets, so there will be some additional overnight parking restrictions to allow crews the opportunity to do snow removal, sweeping and other maintenance.

There will be additional signage and parking enforcement.

The City will host a pre-construction meeting prior to the commencement of construction to further discuss the project and schedule.

The City’s contractor will do their absolute very best to not damage any trees during the construction but there might be one tree in play.

The total project cost is estimated at $22,599.73. That does include money for additional sidewalk and gutter work outside of the angle-in parking project.

As of the Aug. 19, regular City of Glasgow Council meeting, a schedule had not yet been set regarding when this project will start.