The new streets can be distinguished from the old race track by freshly painted parking spaces, paid for by the Campbell Redevelopment Agency, for the purpose of slowing down traffic and increasing parking opportunities.
People getting in and out of their cars have the tendency to slow traffic down.
95 extra parking spaces which everyone hopes will lure more shoppers to downtown Campbell. According to Heinrichs, the streets were initially built because East Campbell Avenue, one of the only east-west connector streets between Bascom Avenue and Winchester Boulevard, was becoming too congested. Campbell City Councilwoman Jeanette Watson remembers downtown traffic before these streets were built. Merchants and residents of downtown Campbell and people who traverse between Bascom and Hamilton regularly felt they needed Orchard City Drive and Civic Center Drive. Of course, the roads weren't the only reason downtown Campbell suffered.