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City parking lot at 29th Street and 31st Avenue (Photo credit: Google Maps)
By Pete McIntyre
Oct. 29 & 30

Downtown Vernon parking lot will close for upgrades

Oct 28, 2021 | 4:00 PM

Parking will be a bit harder to find in downtown Vernon this weekend.

The city will be making improvements to the parking area at 31st Avenue and 29th Street (former site of Coldstream Hotel across from Eatology) as part of an annual maintenance program. The upgrades will include grading the surface material and restructuring parking stalls to add approximately 20 additional spaces.

In order to complete the work and for the safety of workers and the public, the parking lot will be closed temporarily.

On Friday, October 29, the east side of the lot will be closed and heavy equipment will be used to grade the area. On Saturday, October 30, the whole lot will be closed and concrete parking barriers will be adjusted to optimize parking opportunities.

Signage and barriers will be installed to identify the realigned daily and monthly parking sections (see map below), both of which will have additional stalls made available for use. Permanent signage will be installed in November.

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Realignment of parking area. (Image credit: City of Vernon)
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