Parking on Both Sides of East Laurel Drive a Concern

A reader sent us this email concerned about people parking on both sides of East Laurel Drive, a narrow street with barely room enough for two cars to pass at once.

If you live in this area and have input on this situation, please contact us at laurelhurstblogger@gmail.com and we will put you in charge with the reader to help come up with a solution.

Here is the email:

With several new residents along East Laurel Drive, many may not realize that there used to be "no parking this side" signs along East Laurel Drive from where the turn is from West Laurel Drive to the joining of 55 Avenue NE. The signs were on the east side of East Laurel Drive. They were probably taken down without permission by a construction crew sometime ago.

With two new construction projects now along the mentioned street, many larger vehicles are having trouble getting down the street.

This is particularly true of buses and trash vehicles. Some vehicles are attempting to navigate the street by weaving around parked vehicles and going onto parking strips and sidewalks, when necessary. There is evidence that this happened on the portion of East Laurel Drive that borders our property.

I have sent an e-mail to the city to ask if the signs should be up again on one side of this neighborhood street.

In the meantime, some cooperation of the residents would be helpful. Let's decide which side of the street might be OK to park on and park there.

Also, if a resident is having construction, landscaping, or remodeling done, a mention of the problem and a suggestion of which side to park on would be helpful.
 
I am certain that there are neighbors on other Laurelhust streets in the same situation.