Downtown Parking: Parking vs. Loading Zone

For the past 25-30 years, Horsch Aluminum Products, located on River Street, west of the Washington Street commuter rail bridge, has been using a loading zone about 60 feet long for company vehicles and for its loading zone for pickups and deliveries.

The Eagle Tribune reports that the Haverhill City Counsel plans to submit an ordinance designed to eliminate the exclusive right to the public curbing, and limit the loading zone to a couple of hours a day on particular days of the week.

The remainder of the time would be used to accommodate the hundreds of residents of new apartments and condominiums along River Street and in downtown Haverhill.

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