# @chapelboronews on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-09-30T20:42:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Chapelboro.com (@chapelboronews) — https://gondola.cc/chapelboronews

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The Town of Hillsborough adopted a parking study assessing its parking supply and demand across downtown and West Hillsborough earlier this month. 

The study from Nelson Nygaard Consulting, which was reviewed by the town’s Board of Commissioners on Sep. 8, included recommended strategies for optimizing existing parking options as the town plans for future growth. On behalf of the firm, Iain Banks said Hillsborough does not necessarily need to build more parking structures, but better utilize what it already has through new technology systems, management policies, and operational procedures.

“Generally, people think that there’s enough parking in Hillsborough except for special event days, and that’s probably what you would come to expect,” Banks said at the meeting. “Locals tend to know this. They tend to plan accordingly for that. Either that or they’ve got their secret little parking space that they don’t want to tell anyone about.”

The town’s Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted the study, with several members of the board praising its detail.

“The last time I sat through a parking study, we talked about the availability of parking,” Commissioner Kathleen Ferguson said. “But to actually have it well documented in a form that can be communicated well with residents, with the merchants, with the county, with stakeholders, and then come with clear recommendations [that are] pretty segmented. This was well, well done.”

Hillsborough launched the parking study in April to help develop a long-term parking management strategy to consider alongside planning initiatives and projects. While lots further from the downtown core are often underutilized during the day, Banks said parking spaces along West King Street and Churton Street can reach capacity every day of the week. 

Full story on Chapelboro.com.
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