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By CINDY MAHAN
Rappahannock Newi Staff Writer
The issue of parking in the town of Washington was the major issue at last week’s Town Council meeting.
“No Parking” signs have been installed on Main Street between Middle and Calvert Streets in town, taking away parking spots which have been becoming harder and harder to find, especially over the last couple of years.
Attorney Frank Reynolds, who is the town attorney, wrote a letter to the members of Town Council as a concerned businessman in the town asking the council to look into the necessity of the new “No Parking” signs. “I think that the Town Council should object to VDOT having taken away very valuable parking spaces in the middle of Town without any official contact with the Council.”
The original “No Parking” signs put up by VDOT on March 1, which prohibited parking on both sides of Main Street between Middle and Calvert Streets, have been removed except for a small area on one side of the street, following a discussion between Council member Louise van Dort and Bob Moore, Resident Engineer for VDOT.
However, council members, and many town residents present at the meeting, expressed their surprise at VDOT for not first contacting the Council before erecting the signs. In a letter drafted by Council member Charles Tompkins and
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