About 50 people showed up to voice their opinions and concerns over potential parking changes at a community meeting last night at the Breckenridge Town Hall Council Chambers.
The changes being considered include making four all-day parking lots limited to three-hour parking, providing employee and residential permits, and posting a re-parking restriction on Main and Ridge streets to avoid employee abuse of the time limitations.
The lots that may change include Sawmill, Wellington, the courthouse and Barney Ford, and the idea is to take a proactive role in combating what may happen in January when Breckenridge Ski Resort changes two of their free lots to $10 a day parking, officials said at the meeting.
That change may throw ski area employees or guests into the nearby lots, particularly Sawmill and Wellington, because they are free. Three-hour time limits could help prevent this, said Jim Benkelman, transit parking and fleet manager. Along with that change, employee parking permits would become necessary so they could still use the lots all day, he added.“We’re not trying to change employee habits other than we prefer they not park on Main Street and Ridge Street,” Benkelman said, adding that those streets are for visitors.
A trend officials see is employees parking for three hours and then moving up or back a spot for the next three hours. If they install a re-parking restriction, people will only be able to park in a block once during the day.
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