Some Billings Drivers Struggling with Back-In Angle Parking
Motorists in downtown Billings are adjusting to the change of one-way to two-way streets on N. 29th and N. 30th Street, and while that s been a challenge, the real issue drivers seem to have is the new way to park on these streets.
The two-way traffic conversion has been completed as part of the Downtown Traffic Improvement Project, along with the change from head-in to back-in angle parking on these streets, which is a first for Billings.
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According to the Billings Public Works department, there are several advantages to back-in angle parking, which gives drivers a better line of sight to cyclists, pedestrians and other vehicles. Back-in angle parking also provides safer access to unload and load vehicle storage, and allows for the best position to exit the vehicle.
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Evacuated Billings residents return home after Sunday canal overflow
Tunnel blockage sends water into streets
MTN News / Mitch Lagge
An excavator sits tipped on its side after its operator moved it near North 19th Street to try and reinforce the canal bank after it overflowed Sunday morning.
and last updated 2021-06-06 23:17:38-04
BILLINGS â Evacuated residents from a section of the Billings North Side were allowed to return to their homes around 6 p.m. Sunday after water depths in the canal located north of the homes lowered to a safe level.
Local officials held a press conference Sunday afternoon to update the community after water overflowed from the canal s banks on the 2000 block of Burnstead Drive around 7: 15 a.m.