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Lewiston staff propose removing quarter meters, adding free 2-hour and 15-minute spots and new wayfinding
Summary
City staff presented a downtown parking revamp that would remove coin-operated meters, replace them with time-enforced free parking (two-hour and 15-minute spots), expand free garage hours and install wayfinding and marketing to guide visitors to garages; councilors raised enforcement, accessibility and winter-parking questions.
Lewiston Mayor Carl Shaleen on Tuesday night heard a presentation from the city's economic and community development staff laying out a plan to remove aging quarter-operated meters in the downtown business district, replace them with time-limited free parking, and expand signage and marketing to promote underused public garages.
The proposal, led by Deputy Director John Blaze and Director Nate Libby, would remove about 215 on-street parking meters, reclassify much of downtown curb space into two-hour and 15-minute time-limited stalls, extend free garage hours and deploy new blue "Public Parking" wayfinding signs and QR-code information for visitors and business owners.
Blaze said the effort is meant to "unlock the power of free parking" and make in-downtown visits easier. Libby described the existing meters as "antiquated" and said staff must source parts on eBay; he told the council the goal is…
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