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Free parking downtown might soon to get the boot

Think parking downtown is already a hassle? Well, now the chances of you getting a coveted free parking space might get slimmer.

by Mary Staes | October 25, 2018

Think parking downtown is already a hassle? Well, now the chances of you getting a coveted free parking space might get slimmer.

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According to the New Orleans Advocate, a study commissioned by the city’s Department of Public Works recommends getting rid of the few on-street spaces that have largely been overlooked by the city.

The study also suggests more enforcement of loading zones, which are reportedly taken up by cars for long periods of time illegally. The report also suggests the city begin charging businesses for loading zones, with the price tag sitting at $8,237, equivalent to what the space would make a year if it was metered parking.

Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration has not made any official comment about the report’s findings, according to The Advocate.

You can click here to read more about the report from The New Orleans Advocate.

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Mary Staes

Mary Staes

Mary Staes is Digital Content Lead for Very Local. She works with our freelancers and crafts content for our social media platforms and website. Before Very Local, she worked with CBS affiliate WWL-TV as a web producer and weekend assignment editor for about 4 years. She has also handled broadcast coverage for 160 Marine Reserve training facilities while she served as an active duty Marine. As a native New Orleanian, she takes being "very local" to heart. She loves being intertwined with the culture and figuring out how there are less than two degrees of separation between us all, whether we're natives or not.

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