Finding off-street parking in Haverhill, particularly during a snowy winter, can be a daunting task.
In an attempt to alleviate that problem, Haverhill City Councilor Joseph J. Bevilacqua presented two ideas at Tuesday night’s council meeting. The first was to allow parking in neighborhood school parking lots.
“During the times of snow emergencies, I would like to suggest that we encourage the neighbors and the residents to utilize the city school parking lot, which is not used during the evening hours and weekends especially,” he said.
The second part of his plan calls for contacting the Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority and asking for help to allow residents to park overnight in the MBTA lot on Washington Avenue when needed.
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Haverhill City Councilor John A. Michitson. (WHAV News file photograph.)
City Councilor John A. Michitson has a plan to address the growing inequality between high and low paying occupations and the “shrinking of middle tier jobs.”
His colleagues Tuesday night endorsing his call to schedule a Citizens Outreach Committee meeting to start by identifying and cataloging problems and available resources to help. The councilor said one way to help low wage earners is to provide on-the-job training and educational opportunities.
“Kick it off with a Citizen Outreach Committee hearing. Invite citizens, academia, all levels of government, industry, anybody that can help us,” he suggested.
There will be reduced MBTA commuter rail weekday service and no weekend trips on the Haverhill line beginning later this month. Despite objections by Haverhill city councilors, the MBTA made good on its plans to cut service on Jan. 23 to, as the agency said, stem losses and “match service to new ridership patterns resulting […]