
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, June 15, 1990                   TAG: 9006140297
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: Cathryn McCue
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

PROGRESS PARKING LOT GETTING AN OVERHAUL

Longtime Blacksburg residents probably won't recognize the Progress Street parking lot downtown when construction crews are finished with it this summer. The $250,000 overhaul, scheduled for completion in mid-August, includes repaving the entire lot, adding trees, shrubbery and a few benches, covering the small stream that runs through it, installing street lights and walkways, and increasing the number of public parking spaces. Meter rates will go up to 25 cents an hour, with a two-hour limit.

The project - which took the concerted effort of several private property owners and the town - also will redirect the flow of traffic in the parking area, which many residents consider to be a hazardous maze for motorists. -

by CNB