Conversion from back-in parking to pull-in parking downtown delayed to Sunday

The project to convert back-in angle parking to pull-in angle parking along First Street SE from First Avenue to Seventh Avenue SE has been moved to this Sunday.

The city's Traffic Engineering and Public Works Departments, who are partnering on the project, decided that rescheduling the conversion for Sunday would be less disruptive to parking patrons. The conversion was originally scheduled to take place Thursday night.

The conversion from back-in to pull-in angle parking comes in response to feedback received from downtown business owners, employees and visitors. Back-in angle parking was first implemented in July 2008 to accommodate the high number of construction vehicles in the downtown area post-flood and to provide additional on-street parking capacity.

Back-in angle parking will remain on the Second and Third Avenue bridges, officials said.

Cedar Rapids parking staff will be on site Monday morning to assist parkers with questions or in need of additional assistance.