Contact: Robin Davenport
Phone: 336-373-2156
         

Changes Coming to City’s Downtown Parking Decks

GREENSBORO, NC -- (June 23, 2009) – Beginning July 1, the City of Greensboro will make changes to its downtown parking decks starting with the addition of the Pay-in-Lane Device at the Bellemeade Street Parking Deck.

The Pay-in-Lane Device allows hourly customers to use cash or credit/debit cards to exit without going through the parking attendant booth. If a customer’s parking ticket is validated by a downtown merchant, it will still need to be given to the parking attendant at the exit gate.

Also, beginning August 1, a Ticket Retrieval System will be implemented at all downtown parking decks. Currently, downtown decks raise the gates at 7 pm Monday through Thursday, at 6 pm on Friday, and all day on Saturday and Sunday to allow customers to enter free of charge. This method doesn’t allow the City’s Parking Operations to keep an accurate count of customer usage after hours.

With the new Ticket Retrieval System, customers can still enter for free but they will have to take a ticket from the ticket dispenser before the gate will raise, allowing them to enter. When customers exit, they will need to deposit the ticket into the Ticket Retrieval System at the main exit. If the ticket is lost, it will require a $1 deposit into the Ticket Retrieval System to exit.

This will be a big change for nighttime users and venues in downtown. All patrons to downtown during the evening and late night hours need to be aware of these changes when they use City-owned parking decks.
For more information, visit www.greensboro-nc.gov/ParkingDecks or call 336-373-4368.

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