Downtown Summit Park & Shop Lots Nearly Complete
Replacement trees, drainage problems are among the holdups. No start date yet for new paid shopper parking program.
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The City of Summit has issued the following updates on parking lot repairs. The repairs were put in place as a result of town council support for paid shopper parking.
Lot 3 – DeForest and Summit Avenues
Equipment installation has begun and will be completed week of September 4, 2012. All electrical work has been inspected. Ancillary items (signs, bollards, bike rakes, recycling, etc) will be installed as delivered. Re-striping of directional arrows will be completed. The majority of trees and evergreen shrubs will be planted in the coming weeks. Those species of trees not available for fall planting will be planted in the spring of 2013.
Lot 2 – DeForest and Maple Avenues
After the opening of Lot #1 for additional parking, work will continue on Lot #2 to include concrete pouring of the entrance island and pay station area. Electrical wiring and equipment will be installed. . The majority of trees and evergreen shrubs will be planted in the coming weeks. Those species of trees not available for fall planting will be planted in the spring of 2013.
Lot 1 – Deforest and Woodland Avenues
All efforts are focused to get Lot 1 re-opened for available parking spaces by the week of September 10, if not sooner. Approximately half of the curbing and drainage is installed. There has been some delay with the drainage work due to unforeseen conditions that were discovered when the existing drainage structures were uncovered.
In addition, the City Forester inspected the two larger oaks at the north end of the parking lot #1 which were found to be unstable and recommended that they be removed and replacement trees added.
Work will continue on Lot #1 to include concrete pouring of the entrance island and pay station area. Electrical wiring and equipment will be installed. The majority of trees and evergreen shrubs will be planted in the coming weeks. Those species of trees not available for fall planting will be planted in the Spring of 2013.
PROJECT COMPLETION
Training and testing of all equipment and for the Parking Services staff will progress simultaneously as the physical work on each lot is completed.
It is still too early to predict the actual start date for the paid shopper parking program but it will be within the coming weeks.
We appreciate everyone’s cooperation through the construction/implementation phases. Any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me directly at 908-277-9423or rmcnany@cityofsummit.org.
–Rita McNany
CAMERON
9:46 pm on Friday, August 31, 2012
Ok. Very big mistake to have. Paid parking. Holiday shopping. Will be here soon. Shoppers will go to the malls where parking is free. I would not pay to park in summit.
Robert Steelman
11:03 am on Saturday, September 1, 2012
Most of the parking spaces in Summit are not free and haven’t been free for some time. The DeForest lots were in need of major renovation and were a management defect in the parking system. Free equaled abuse. So we have change and hope that the City’s “parking authority” is capable of executing the improvement. So let’s ask the big question? Is a visit to Summit’s downtown worth the price of parking? For my parking change the answer is yes. I’m grateful that Summit is no Mall. The local businesses and merchants make Summit an extraordinary place. This is a walkable downtown with shopper and daytime business energy. So, I welcome change and Summit visitors coming to enjoy what so many take for granted.