COVID-created, outdoor dining areas have impacted downtown’s parking supply, but not beach access areas, consultants find
Pedestrians walk past the “Surfing Madonna” mosaic displayed on Encinitas Boulevard, near the Coast Highway intersection, on Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2019 in Encinitas, California. UT FileIf people are willing to walk a little bit, there still are plenty of empty parking spots along Coast Highway 101 in Encinitas, despite the creation of outdoor dining areas on the roadway, a city-hired consulting company has found.
The study appears to back up what they suspected, Encinitas City Council members said Wednesday, adding that it also may spur them to consider new parking solutions for downtown. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Encinitas turned 55 public parking spots into outdoor dining areas space for 19 restaurants — 47 repurposed parking spots were in the downtown and eight in Leucadia. While the move was welcomed by restaurant owners who were facing COVID-era restrictions, some nearby merchants haven’t been pleased by the dining areas’ long-term presence, saying their businesses are suffering from a lack of available parking spots.
“As we keep going forward, we’re going to see more and more cars trying to compete for downtown parking,” he said.
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