The City of Mount Vernon has purchased the space for roughly seven to nine additional parking spaces in the north First Street Parking lot.
The city purchased the spots from James Engelbrecht for $40,000. The lot is located between Liberty Iron Works and the current city parking lot.
City staff will be responsible for tearing up and redoing the concrete, a project city administrator Chris Nosbisch said could be concluded in house.
“It’s a cheap way to add more parking to uptown Mount Vernon,” Nosbisch said.
The plan is for the parking to have designated one way traffic to access the lot off the highway, with vehicles turning in from Hwy. 1 and heading to the west in the lot. The exit for the parking will be to head towards the alley behind Liberty Iron Works.