(Atlantic) The Atlantic City Council on Wednesday agreed to prohibit parking on the north side of East 12th Street.
Atlantic City Administrator John Lund says this is a dead-end street just east of the Heritage House. The roadway serves four homes, each with driveways. One of the homeowners complained parking on both sides of the road obstructed passage of vehicles traveling through, particularly police cars and fire trucks causing a safety concern.
The council agreed to designate the north side of the street as a “no parking zone.”
In other business, the council approved an engineering agreement for the reconstruction of 22nd Street from 7th Street to Palm Street even though work may not start until 2023 at the earliest.
Atlantic City Administrator John Lund says 22nd Street is considered a Farm-to-Market Road, which makes the project eligible for Transportation Improvement Plan Funds. In the meantime, Lund has been informed the DOT is preparing for projects should a stimulus bill arrive. Dave Sturm of Snyder and Associates suggests making the 22nd Street project “shovel ready” should the proposed stimulus money come through to pay for this project.
If the stimulus money comes to fruition, the City will strike a $1.3 million project off its CIP years earlier than projected. Additionally, the City will have $1 million in funds remaining in itsTIP fund. And acquire a savings of $267,061 in grant-match from either Local Option Sales Tax Streets or debt service.
He admits it’s a little bit of a gamble. If the stimulus falls through, the City will have lost $68,400.00 in engineering costs.
