The curvy, twisty streets of Albert Lea add beauty and texture to our city between the lakes. It is one more aspect that separates us from the plain-looking grid found in most cities.

However, it also brings us a few traffic challenges.

One that many Albert Leans do not understand is the beginning &8212; or end, depending on how you consider it &8212; of Lakeview Boulevard where it meets Fountain Street. Contrary to popular opinion, it is not a one-way street at that stretch.

Try driving on Park Avenue along the hospital, turning west onto Grace Street and then meeting Lakeview Boulevard. Turn south onto Lakeview and you&8217;ll likely hear shouts from northbound drivers who want you to know you are on a one-way street. But you are right and they are wrong.

If the shouters &8212; and people who park cars in the incorrect direction &8212; would look closely at the center of the street, there are faded yellow stripes. Yellow indicates two-way traffic.

Lakeview Boulevard does become a one-way street after Grace Street and remains so until it meets the Abbot Street-Vine Avenue intersection.

Perhaps a little paint and maybe even a yellow &8220;two-way traffic&8221; sign would solve the problem in the stretch of Lakeview between Grace and Fountain.

The street also doesn&8217;t seem wide enough for two-way traffic and parking on both sides. For safety&8217;s sake, parking should be allowed only on one side in the two-way stretch.