SAPD kicked off a pilot program, a parking study of the St. Mary’s Strip in the hopes of alleviating unwanted parking and trash on residential streets.
Authorities placed barricades on side streets beginning at 7 p.m. and will leave them there until 2 a.m. daily to study where people will park. The barricades will be up through Sunday.
Not all of Story’s neighbors had the same viewpoint. Instead, they had a large role in getting the added measures to stop the bar crowd from parking on their streets and causing problems. “The drunken behavior is as if we don’t exist. They use our lawns to go to the bathroom, they vomit, and they sit and drink in front of our properties in their cars and just leave their trash,” Dixon said.Dixon explained originally police officers were going to be checking for proof of residency at the barricades so those who live there could get in. They decided against that after resident feedback said they were not comfortable.
“Take an Uber. You’re going down there drinking, take an Uber. Kill two birds with one stone, restore the peace and tranquility of the neighborhoods and keep people who have been drinking off the roads.”
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