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A parking ban on Dixie Highway-Pike Street goes into effect Wednesday, an effort by city of Covington officials to mitigate traffic jams on city streets.
Officials said they’re taking the step reluctantly due to traffic caused by out-of-town drivers seeking a way around the backed-up Brent Spence Bridge.
“We absolutely would rather not take away any parking, or barricade off any streets. But we’re being forced to do so to prevent even bigger disruption caused by a project that is entirely beyond our control and not of our doing, City Manager David Johnston said in a release.
NORTH ADAMS â The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic has put nearly 1 in 4 Berkshire County children at risk of hunger, but observers see more federal money for parents as a win for childrenâs nutrition.
President Joe Biden has said the $1.9 trillion COVID relief plan he is expected to sign this week would cut child poverty in half, a claim that researchers haveechoed.
Locally, there is hope that the extra money will stem the tide of rising food insecurity among children, in addition to meeting needs related to housing, heat and electricity.
âI think [the relief payments] will really help families, but itâs not a long-term fix,â said Michelle Derr, director of the Berkshire South Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program for Community Health Programs in Great Barrington.