From April 5-14, the paid parking system has generated about $5,650 in revenue for the downtown parking system. The new pay stations were installed in March and paid parking resumed April 2. According to the city, the meters have generated $540.36 by cash; $732.82 by credit card; and $397.50 through the Passport Parking app for a total of $1,670.88 on
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Initially the city thought the pre-paid “wallet” option in the Passport Parking smartphone app allowed users to only pay a transaction fee when they loaded money into their wallet function, but have since determined that the system will charge a 35 cents per “parking session.” The city issued a statement on April 7 stating that it was “sorry for any inconvenience
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On April 2, paid parking resumes in downtown Great Falls and there are new multi-space pay stations on Central Avenue from Park Drive to 8th Street. There’s one kiosk per block on both sides of the street. There’s also a pay station in each of the city’s two parking garages. The new pay stations are similar to those in Missoula
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The new parking pay stations have been installed on Central Avenue but they will not go live until April 2. City staff are working on the backend to prepare for the new pay stations and the return of the old parking meters on the side streets with staff training next week and transitioning to new software. There are 14 new
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The new parking kiosks are coming to downtown Great Falls this spring. The City Commission voted in November to purchase 16 pay stations, two of which will go in the city’s parking garages, and the other 14 will line Central Avenue from Park Drive to 8th Street. There will be one station per block on each side of the street,
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COVID-19 is impacting the city’s budget, particularly in the recreation, events and parking funds where operations have been significantly curtailed. But, one bright spot, staff told City Commissioners during their Jan. 19 work session, is that the city’s golf contractor, CourseCo, is making money and paying some of those profits back to the city, as stipulated under their contract. So
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The city is in the process of developing a new parking operations and management contract. The city received four proposals by the Oct. 30 deadline and a review committee ranked them, then interviewed two of the companies. The committee included city staff and representatives from the city’s Parking Advisory Commission. City approves purchase of new parking meters, LPR technology and
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City Commissioners voted this week to approve the purchase of 16 multi-space pay stations. Commissioners also voted to approve fees associated with the new equipment and software. This year, the city has been moving toward the installation of multi-space electronic pay stations on Central Avenue; license plate recognition equipment and software; as well as parking enforcement and back-end software. Fourteen
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The City Commission has set a public hearing for Nov. 4 on proposed new parking fees related to new equipment and enforcement. This year, the city has been moving toward the installation of multi-space electronic pay stations on Central Avenue; license plate recognition equipment and software; as well as parking enforcement and back-end software. During the Oct. 23 Parking Advisory
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The city parking board is continuing with its plan to install 14 pay stations along Central Avenue. The Parking Advisory Commission had voted in June to recommend that the City Commission approve the purchase of the new pay stations and license plate reader technology for parking enforcement. On July 30, the key was recovered in the elevator mechanical room in the
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