Port Washington officials have approved a parking survey set to be complete this year by the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission.
After suggesting the idea last fall, Port Washington officials have finally received the green light to perform a study of the city's downtown parking situation. Officials brought up the idea of approaching the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission to do a parking survey in the downtown area in September, and the city's request was answered this month. SEWRPC — an planning agency for seven counties, including Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Washington, and Waukesha — is funded by tax levies at those county levels as well as federal and state aids, according to its website. The council approved the survey to be performed at no cost to the city on Wednesday. Mayor Tom Mlada said approval of the survey comes at a …
Mayor says he wants SEWRPC to perform a parking survey due to the major economic success seen in the downtown lakefront area and future needs brought on by the Coal Dock project.
With more development coming to the downtown area, Mayor Tom Mlada said Tuesday he’s looking into the potential of a parking survey to assess the city's needs as it continues to grow. Mlada said city officials are looking into having the Southeastern Wisconsin Planning Commission do a parking survey in the downtown area to see if and what kind of parking needs exist. He said the survey is also needed because of the Coal Dock project taking place on the waterfront and the economic success the city is seeing in the downtown area. "Whether or not you feel there’s a parking issue now, in my mind we’re going to have parking issues," he said. SEWRPC would perform the survey at no cost to the city, but Mlada said he doesn’t anticipate it will be …
43.38761
-87.870887
Port Washington City Hall
100 W Grand Ave, Port Washington, WI
/articles/city-pursuing-downtown-parking-survey
1067012
/locations/7954729
Andrzej Sitarski
12:01 pm on Friday, March 29, 2013
I am a resident & business owner in this City and can’t just watch anymore what is happening with our ordinances. It seems like City Government is totally ignoring voices of its citizens and local organizations doing everything they can to bring more people and popularize our activities. Instead welcoming signs: FREE PARKING, there are a 1 or 2 hrs parking zones through out the City. My personal … more ›