• Main Street Improvement Program
• Trail System
• Neighborhood Transportation Management Program
• Parking Guide
• The Town Center Parking Study

The Town is working with the Maryland Department of Transportation and the State Highway Administration on a plan to upgrade the Main Street area, from Fulford Avenue to Maulsby Avenue. Plans include improvements to sidewalks, curbs, gutters, lighting, landscape, and streets.

The first section of the Ma & Pa hiking and biking trail was completed in 1999. Plans call for the extension of this trail from Bel Air to Forest Hill within the next two years. The Town is also working on a proposal to connect this trail at the Williams Street entry to a north/south trail which would loosely follow Plumtree Run south to the town boundary.

The Neighborhood Transportation Management Program is designated to quantify traffic problems, identify potential solutions, and work with neighborhoods to reach a consensus on the most appropriate traffic control options. Town residents who experience speed or safety concerns on neighborhood streets are encouraged to contact the Town Public Works Office or Town Planning Office.

For a brochure describing the Neighborhood Transportation Management Program, contact the Town of Bel Air at (410 638-4536 or (410) 638-4540

Metered parking in the Town of Bel Air is available on downtown streets, various lots, and in the parking garage. All parking is convenient to downtown merchants and offices, as well as the Courthouse, Town Hall, Library, and County and State Agencies.

For more information on parking, call the Planning Department at (410) 638-4540 or (410) 879-9500.

DESMAN Associates was retained by the Planning Department of the Town of Bel Air, Maryland to assess the supply and demand for parking within 21 city blocks of the historic commercial district locally recognized as the Town Center to the community. To this end and in cooperation with the Town Planning Department DESMAN; 1) surveyed and verified the scope of the present supply of parking throughout Town Center area, 2) documented and analyzed the utilization of the parking supply during the peak activity period, 3) gathered and analyzed information pertaining to planned and proposed future projects and the impact they will have on the supply and demand for parking in the Town Center, 4) recommended a site for the development of a new parking garage and 5) formulated preliminary conceptual design schemes and cost estimates for the development of a new parking garage.

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