Courthouse garage project stalls, may be dead

There will be no parking structure.

That is the rumor emanating from city hall – although no official word will be announced until perhaps October 6.

"The final decision on whether or not the city/redevelopment agency moves forward with a parking structure will be announced at one of the meetings in October, most likely on October 6," said City Manager Mark Deven. "We are working on the timing for the [Redevelopment] Agency board’s review... as well as getting the [parking] study out for public review in advance of the agency board’s review."

Apparently, a twist in the planning for the courthouse location – and siting of the city's pet garage project - occurred when the State Public Works Board (PWB) approved a preferred site as the block bounded by Main, Fifth and Sixth Streets and Lincoln Avenue. This location is between Freeman Park on Main - also in the sights of those fixated on a downtown garage - and the Woodland Police Department building on Lincoln.

Read more at the Woodland Record.