St. Paul launches a New Street parking pilot program – FOX 9 Minneapolis -st. Paul

St. Paul, min. (Fox 9) – As of February 2, as soon as drivers enter the neighborhoods of Payne-Falen or Highland Park, road signs inform them of new rules to dictate street parking on some streets in the Capitol city.

With a few limited exceptions from February 2 to April 12, a new weekly alternating one -sided parking cycle is valid.

New St. Paul Parking Rules

What they say:

“That’s good,” said Highland Park Frank Stever. “The jury is still out.”

“I don’t know if it really is necessary. It may have a problem that doesn’t exist,” added resident John Emm.

“The residents of St. Paul were not pleased with the streets and our plow drivers told us that we could do better work,” St. Paul Sean Kersev director told Fox 9.

Kershow hopes these new rules will make it easier for drivers of snow plows to keep the roads clean.

During the “even” weeks, vehicles must park from the side of the street with uniform addresses (usually located on the south and east of the streets). During the “strange” weeks, vehicles should park from the side of the street with strange addresses (usually located on the north and west side of the streets). Sunday is the days of “shift”. Within the pilot areas, every Sunday between 3:00 pm, people have to move their cars to the other side of the street.

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In the affected areas, emergency rules are no longer applied; However, these rules are still in force for the rest of the city.

“We know this is an inconvenience for the neighbors. But, we have to try new systems. We listen to our plow drivers, listen to our residents. We think this will work better and work closely in close cooperation with these two neighborhoods to see how it went, “Kershow said.

The city hopes to reduce the number of parking tickets

Why you should be interested:

Kershow says the purpose of his department is to issue a fewer tickets. The first two weeks of the pilot program will serve as an educational phase.

“The purpose of this is not to be criminal. We think the system will be less criminal,” Kershow concluded.

“[For] People who live in high -density apartments or homes will be problematic, “a resident of Highland Park Cheryl Stever.

“I predict that people will receive a checkmark because they will not know what week they are in,” Frank Stever concluded.