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DPI Chief Calls for Parking Study as Council Hikes Fines

By on February 6, 2013

THE BURLINGTON CITY COUNCIL…DURING ITS SECOND MEETING MONDAY NITE…VOTED TO RAISE PARKING FINES FROM FIVE DOLLARS TO 10. 

STEVE FREVERT OF THE DOWNTOWN PARTNERS VOICED SOME FEEDBACK BEFOREHAND, SAYING HIS COLLEAGUES AGREE THAT AN INCREASE IS NEEDED, ALTHOUGH NOT A DOUBLING AT ONE TIME, AND COMMENTING THAT NO ONE IN HIS ORGANIZATION BELIEVES THAT RAISING FINES IS A SOLUTION TO THE DOWNTOWN’S PARKING CHALLENGES, REAL OR PERCEIVED.

FREVERT ALSO COMMENTED ON THE NEED FOR BETTER SIGNAGE AND A COMPREHENSIVE FOLLOWUP STUDY, COMMENTING THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE NO RHYME NOR REASON FOR THE CURRENT DOWNTOWN PARKING SYSTEM