An O'Regan truck waits to drop more asphalt at the Main and Pine street parking lot as workers tamp the asphalt into place this afternoon. (HEATHER N. GRIMMER / CONTRIBUTOR)

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Work resumed today on the two-layer parking lot at the corner of Main and Pine streets as O'Regan's Blacktop of Appleton lays asphalt for the space.

City officials say it should be completed by the end of June. They hope it will be usable by next weekend for the annual Arts & Crafts festival downtown.

The Urban Renewal-era parking ramp which had stood in the same footprint as the new lot was torn down last year by Empire Dismantlement to make way for the new split-level lot, which offers entrances from both Main and Pine streets, just like the ramp had. The new lot will have 44 parking spaces and allow for a view of the canal that had been hidden by the parking ramp.

The lot was originally expected to be completed before winter but weather and equipment issues delayed it.

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