Fairhope, Alabama
PAVING CREATED OPPORTUNITY
After consulting with some downtown merchants who voted 6-1 in favor, the mayor and council passed a resolution to make De La Mare one way (westbound) to gain more (45 degree, angled) parking spaces and improve safety at the dangerous Section Street intersection where visibility is restricted.
More "green space" and pedestrian friendly components will be added as well to what one councilman calls Fairhope's "social street."
Additional room in mid-block will be allowed for delivery trucks too, who service businesses on the street -- and others on the south side of Fairhope Avenue through their back doors.
Police chief Petties told the Times he was on board with it, after his concerns about left turns at the Church Street intersection were addressed.
The design mentioned is preliminary and subject to further changes; no timeline for the change was mentioned.
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| De La Mare looking east |
PAVING CREATED OPPORTUNITY
After consulting with some downtown merchants who voted 6-1 in favor, the mayor and council passed a resolution to make De La Mare one way (westbound) to gain more (45 degree, angled) parking spaces and improve safety at the dangerous Section Street intersection where visibility is restricted.
More "green space" and pedestrian friendly components will be added as well to what one councilman calls Fairhope's "social street."
Additional room in mid-block will be allowed for delivery trucks too, who service businesses on the street -- and others on the south side of Fairhope Avenue through their back doors.
Police chief Petties told the Times he was on board with it, after his concerns about left turns at the Church Street intersection were addressed.
The design mentioned is preliminary and subject to further changes; no timeline for the change was mentioned.
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| north is up |
Comments
I would have much preferred the vote to have been to make it a pedestrian only street.