Nantucket DPW PLUS

In July, I requested an accessible parking space across from 8 Cliff Road and I would like to cancel this request. Thank you.

Please install a wheelchair accessible parking space in front of the Nantucket Hotel where the silver vehicle is parked. This parking space is the best location for an accessible parking space because it is directly in front of the hotel's accessible wheelchair lift and it is the shortest route to the accessible wheelchair lift.

A catch basin cleaning will not resolve this safety issue
The catch basin is cleaned and a week later it is filled again, when 8 employees bike daily and are not allowed to have cars on island to reduce traffic but are hit by cars because of this unsafe intersection
Pumping a faulty catch basin will not cut it.
The pothole puddle needs to be filled in and a culvert diversion needs to be maintained.

Please see the attached photo images 5730 and 5731 of the Yellow No Parking Stripes on Traders Lane (downtown next to the Summer Street Church). As you can see in the photos someone has spray painted over a portion of the yellow stripes with black spray paint. This modification has the effect of extending the open space for parking along the lane from two spaces to three.

Please also see image 5732 showing the damage to our fence as a result of cars and/or delivery trucks trying to squeeze past the parked cars on the street or from cars trying to parallel park which happens when there are three cars parked there. This damage to our fence is a recurring problem. I have letters written to the town concerning this problem that go back decades.

Traders Lane is extremely narrow. Realistically, it is too narrow to allow for parked cars. The only way to park cars and allow safe passage is for the cars to park all the way on the sidewalk running alongside the church and to limit the parking to two cars. If there is three cars parked, the car parked in the middle of three cars can not pull out of their parking space without hitting our fence. Even if only two cars are allowed there and they are pulled all the way onto the sidewalk, no emergency vehicle could pass.

For these reasons, we would like to see the parking spaces on Traders Lane alongside the church removed all together. If that is not acceptable, at the very least we would appreciate the No Parking Stripes be repainted yellow, as they were prior to the vandalism.

One other option worth consideration is to only allow parking there on Sunday mornings when the church is holding service.

Thank you for your consideration. We look forward to your reply.