Thursday Jul 29, 2010
Phoenix City Hiking Parks and Preserves to Charge $5 Fee for Parking
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$5 Parking Fee being added to Phoenix Mountain Parks
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As of August 1st it's going to cost up to $5 per day to anyone who parks at one of the Phoenix mountain parks or  preserves.The mountain parks and preserve areas ring Phoenix and, along with Piestewa, include Camelback, South and North mountain parks. The new parking fee comes as parks and recreation officials attempt to generate $500,000 during fiscal 2010-11 as mandated by the city's new efficiency committee. the seven-member board unanimously approved a lesser charge of up to $5 a day, $50 for six months or $75 per year. Passes would be purchased online, at a parks department website that will be set up this month. Users will log in their car license-plate number and other information, pay and then print out the pass to be placed on their dashboard. Passes also will be sold at city parks and recreation offices. Multiple family cars, two or three, can be listed for that same annual pass, said Jim Burke, Phoenix assistant parks director. No passes are needed for anyone hiking, biking or riding a horse into the Phoenix mountain parks or preserves. For the first six months of the program, no one without a pass will be fined. But notices will go on windshields, noting the new fees and how they can pay for the pass. Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2010/07/03/20100703phoenix-parks-parking-fee.html#ixzz0v65yjEW6 |
Posted at 11:38AM Jul 29, 2010 by Louisa Ward & Robyn Viktor in General | Comments[0]
