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Last week we reported on Councilor Marie Gosselin’s idea to expand
the parking facilities in the area of the new high school and the
stadium. The empty lot between the new school and the state-run
swimming pool is big enough to accommodate hundreds of cars if the
city can build a parking garage. The first step is to get the
State to turn it over to the city.
Since Councilor Gosselin is not one to waste time, she did her
homework contacting the Director of the Planning Department,
Michael Sweeney, to find out if her idea had any possibilities.
“Mayor Sullivan has asked me to look into the details and to
contact the state. I will be contacting the state this week to
talk about the possibility of transferring the land to the city.
If I get a positive reaction from the state, we will begin to
create a budget, cost estimate and timeline for the project,” said
Mr. Sweeney.
Mr. Sweeney agrees that there is a need for increased parking in
the area and he says that “it benefits the city when you have good
ideas coming from the city councilors.”
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