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Lowville Trustees Enact Parking Restrictions for New Downtown Lot
08/17/17 07:00pm
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    Lowville, NY- Lowville Village Trustees Wednesday night unanimously
    approved a local law to place restrictions for new parking spaces being created
    in a park at the intersections of Dayan Street and South State Street in the
    Village of Lowville.

    Trustees decided the lot, which is intended to encourage patronage of
    downtown businesses by offering additional downtown parking for customers,
    will be restricted to two-hour parking between 6 AM and 6 PM. There will be no
    overnight parking allowed, year-round, between the hours of 3 AM and 6 AM.

    Village Department of Public Works (DPW) crews will be applying the finishing
    touches to the lot this week, weather permitting. DPW Superintendent Thomas
    Compo said crews still needed to finish striping parking spaces in the lot, install
    signs, and stripe a fire lane. Fencing at the lot is expected to take place next
    week.

    The Village used Urban Development Action Grant (UDAG) funds, earmarked
    specifically for a community development project, to purchase the lot and
    develop the parking lot. Mayor Donna Smith said the grant money, which the
    Village has had for a number of years, totaled over $100,000. The lot was
    purchased for $72,000. Mrs. Smith she wanted to clear up any confusion over
    where funding for the lot  and its development has come from.

    "To date, I believe I can say that no taxpayer dollars from our collection of
    funds have gone into that lot," Mrs. Smith said. "It has all been done with the
    UDAG money for the portion we are taking care of, or through community
    donations for the portion the Lions Club is taking care of. This money was
    required to be spent on a community development project, and we are
    developing our community."

    The Lowville Lions Club raised over $60,000 in donations for the beautification
    of the park adjacent to the new parking lot. The Lions Club funding was used
    to purchase the new four-face clock placed in the park, as well as benches,
    lighting and other improvements.