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Savannah staff urge broader metering, residential decals to protect neighborhood parking
Summary
City staff and Stantec consultants presented a parking‑matters update showing rising on‑street occupancy and recommended expanded meters, clearer time limits and a residential decal program; council raised enforcement, equity and transit‑integration questions but took no formal vote.
City staff and consultants on Monday urged the Savannah City Council to adopt a data‑driven package of parking changes for neighborhoods south of the historic core, including expanded metering, consistent time limits and a residential decal program to protect local residents.
At a work session, Ralph Denusco of consulting firm Stantec summarized a multi‑month study and community outreach that covered the area roughly from River Street south toward Victory Drive. Denusco said inventory and utilization counts taken across multiple times of day show more cars parked on streets today than in 2015, with some districts—particularly Starland—seeing the largest increases. “We were able to compare how much busier this parking is today compared to what it was in 2015,” Denusco said. “In almost every district, in almost every time frame, there are more cars parked on the street than there were 10 years ago.”
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