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come anybody to come and give
suggestions, so that we can look
into them, look into other towns to
see what they have done, to see
what has worked and not worked
out."
Councilman Gardner Bunting re-
ported the new committee will be
comprised of a mix of town officials,
staff and business owners. The
committee will first meet on Sept. 18
at 9 a.m. at Town Hall.
"Anybody that cannot be here for
the meeting we would certainly
accept your suggestions in writing if
you would like to submit them. In-
clude contact information and intent
of the suggestion," Bunting said.
Resident Mike Cebrick pointed
out differences when it comes to the
set speed limit on certain streets
and where parking is allowed on
one side of a street or both sides.
For example, Bunting Avenue,
which runs north to south parallel, is
a longer, wider street compared to
residential streets on the bayside
but Bunting Avenue speed limit is
set lower at 15 mph while bayside
streets are 25 mph.
"This is a quality of life request,"
Cebrick said.
According to Councilman William
Weistling, the speed limit was de-
creased on Bunting Avenue many
years ago when vehicles would take
the side street instead of Coastal
Highway to beat traffic caused by
traffic lights.
Cebrick also asked the council if
parking permits were ever consider-
ed to which Serio asked him where
residents' guests would park.
"This conversation needs to
come on the Sept. 18," Serio said.
"This is something that we are fo-
cusing on in town of solving. We are
not just sitting up here talking about
it. It has been a problem since I
have lived here and that has been
over 60 years."
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August 30, 2013
The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch
By JOANNE SHRINER
STAFF WRITER
FENWICK ISLAND ­ Parking
concerns have been an ongoing
concern for decades in Fenwick, but
town officials are hoping to put
grievances to rest with the formation
of a parking committee.
"The parking we have is what we
have, so we are going to try to work
this out, not everybody will be happy
I am sure, but so that it is workable
for the commercial and residential,"
Mayor Audrey Serio said during last
Friday's Town Council meeting.
"They [Parking Committee] wel-