The LSJ is reporting today that the City Market will have traditional 90-degree parking spaces like those seen on Washington Ave after there were too many complaints. The spaces were meant to be safer for drivers pulling out as they can just pull forward. They are starting to appear in Ann Arbor and Alma.
I'm not sure of it, but wouldn't the turning ratio be less with either way of diagonal parking, allowing the road to be somewhat narrower? (Not that the road would actually be made narrower, but would maybe leave room for a bike lane)
The Lansing State Journals is saying that construction should start soon on the City Market. The next step is to determine who to award the contract to for the construction. They said that they expect the market to be finished by October or November.
New bids are back and they are still more than the $1.45M set aside to build the new Market. Interesting facts – the City closed on the old City Market site, but they are missing two things. The developer had to show proof of financing for the new development and the two letters submitted stated the banks would be interested in considering the project after proper documentation was submitted. This does not sound like proof of financing to me. Then there is this fact - City of Lansing Ordinance Chapter 245 City Market is still in affect.
LEPFA has picked a general contractor for the new city market. It came in at $1.6 million, which was the sale price of the market to Gillespie. I believe they were anticipating the construction to be ~$1.45 million leaving some money leftover for the patio/outdoor work and landscaping so who knows what will happen with that.
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