MONROE - Don't expect to park along 6th Street near the Green County sheriff's and highway departments.
The Monroe Common Council designated a no-parking zone where Wisconsin 59 meets 6th Street in a unanimous vote Tuesday. The resolution stems from concerns raised by the Green County Highway Department that parked cars along the stretch of road in front of its building cause visibility problems for truck drivers.
The Monroe Police Department says motorists rub their car tires against the median as they try to squeeze past parked vehicles.
"There really shouldn't be parking there," Police Chief Fred Kelley said.
The no-parking zone will start on both sides of the street at the corner of 28th Street and go west to the Wisconsin 11 ramps.
He said the city's public safety committee considered the request for the no-parking zone last month.
While Kelley said parking in that area is not frequent, the street width when cars are parked along the edges makes it tight for trucks to get by.
He tested it out for himself.
"I was concerned trying to get by in a normal car," he said.
Green County Highway Commissioner Jeff Wunschel said the tight space has been a concern for his department for several years.
"It has just gotten worse in the last year," he added.
Wunschel said truck drivers hauling big equipment's had numerous "close calls" with parked cars.
"(The new parking resolution) would make it tremendously safer," he said.
Others in the area will benefit from the parking ban, Wunschel said.
"There's tremendous amounts of traffic in and out of that area," he said.
Monroe City Clerk Carol Stamm said the resolution will be enforced once the Public Works Department puts up signs. Director of Monroe Public Works Department Colin Simpson said "it will take a couple of weeks" as the new no-parking signs need to be manufactured.
The resolution also created a handicap parking space near the front of the St. Andrews Episcopal Church as the church requested.
Once the signs are up, Kelley said his department can enforce the new resolution immediately.
"(Parking) is an on-going issue," he said.
The Monroe Common Council designated a no-parking zone where Wisconsin 59 meets 6th Street in a unanimous vote Tuesday. The resolution stems from concerns raised by the Green County Highway Department that parked cars along the stretch of road in front of its building cause visibility problems for truck drivers.
The Monroe Police Department says motorists rub their car tires against the median as they try to squeeze past parked vehicles.
"There really shouldn't be parking there," Police Chief Fred Kelley said.
The no-parking zone will start on both sides of the street at the corner of 28th Street and go west to the Wisconsin 11 ramps.
He said the city's public safety committee considered the request for the no-parking zone last month.
While Kelley said parking in that area is not frequent, the street width when cars are parked along the edges makes it tight for trucks to get by.
He tested it out for himself.
"I was concerned trying to get by in a normal car," he said.
Green County Highway Commissioner Jeff Wunschel said the tight space has been a concern for his department for several years.
"It has just gotten worse in the last year," he added.
Wunschel said truck drivers hauling big equipment's had numerous "close calls" with parked cars.
"(The new parking resolution) would make it tremendously safer," he said.
Others in the area will benefit from the parking ban, Wunschel said.
"There's tremendous amounts of traffic in and out of that area," he said.
Monroe City Clerk Carol Stamm said the resolution will be enforced once the Public Works Department puts up signs. Director of Monroe Public Works Department Colin Simpson said "it will take a couple of weeks" as the new no-parking signs need to be manufactured.
The resolution also created a handicap parking space near the front of the St. Andrews Episcopal Church as the church requested.
Once the signs are up, Kelley said his department can enforce the new resolution immediately.
"(Parking) is an on-going issue," he said.