The City of St. John’s has started installing signs for its new timed free parking zones throughout the downtown area.
The former metered spaces, determined in consultation with the business community, will allow drivers to park for free for either two or four hours.
Signs have already been installed at the parking lot near Rawlins Cross where the time limit is decreasing from four hours to two. Also going from four hours to two are parking spaces on Freshwater Road near Leo’s and Ches’s, Harvey Road across from the Tim Hortons and Paramount Building, and from Prescott Street to Gill’s Cove on Water Street.
Four-hour parking zones can be found at Cathedral Street, Cavendish Square, Church Hill, Duckworth Street (east of Cavendish Square), George Street (Springdale Street to Waldegrave Street), Lemarchant Road (Pleasant Street to Lime Street), and New Gower Street (west of Springdale Street).
The city says the timed zones are a temporary solution to encourage parking turnover until 2019 when it plans to purchase new meters and technology to replace damaged or missing meters as part of its five-year pair parking management strategy.
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