[Two Bills]

If the place progresses like multi-storey car parks here in UK, it will soon after completion be taken over by the homeless, winos, and drug dealers.
The stair wells and elevators will stink of urine, and no one in their right mind will venture in after dark, or at all, if alternative is available.

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by Bill14564

I think you have the garage on the wrong side of 301. It is on the west side, next to Nick's Trains and near Miz Kathi's Cotilion. City Hall is across the street.

If City Hall inhabitants do use the garage, rather than the 50 spots at City Hall, then they will be freeing up spots elsewhere for customers to use. One way or another there will be 90 additional parking places.

I have no idea how many parking places are needed but planning ahead is rarely a bad thing.

Maybe City Hall will provide reserved parking for employees in the new parking garage, thus leaving the parking area next to City Hall available for people who have business there. Employees would have to walk a block and cross 301, but would get free covered parking. I think a lot of older people would find the hike from the car park difficult. As for the Ace Hardware parking lot, that’s a couple blocks away. It would be difficult to get City Hall customers to hike from there. They might walk that far to a restaurant or a free concert in a town square or a craft show, but not to City Hall.

[Altavia]

Originally Posted by justjim

I haven’t seen the Wildwood city annual budget so a lot of speculation on this Thread. 50k per parking slot does seem costly. Some residents would like some sort of city subsidy for affordable housing but perhaps that is in the budget elsewhere.

I finally looked at the drawings on a large screen.

Very small footprint for a parking garage. Roughly 1/3 of the space is ramps to get to the upper level. Which is probably why the cost per space is so high.

[merrymini]

I have not seen their plans for downtown but it makes sense to provide parking before it is needed. I just do not understand why they would put anything on the other side of a busy highway by the train tracks.

[airstreamingypsy]

Instead of a parking garage they should be making a truck route around downtown...... I don't care how much they fluff up Wildwood, if people have to walk inches from huge trucks barreling down 301.

[asianthree]

Haven’t been to area for couple of years, only drive by. Parking for thrift seems very busy, and Miz Cathy’s parking was hard to come by. But what other businesses, besides the train store is within walking distance for clients that doesn’t already have parking space? Would hav e thought a retail on lower level with parking on top would At least bring in more retail. But just an opinion

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by merrymini

I have not seen their plans for downtown but it makes sense to provide parking before it is needed. I just do not understand why they would put anything on the other side of a busy highway by the train tracks.

- It's an easy win to expand existing parking vertically.
- Provide parking for current commercial properties on that side of 301
- Provide parking for future commercial properties on that side of 301
- Provide parking near future pedestrian overpass for access to west side of railroad

[kendi]

Just one step of the long term plans for Wildwood. Need to see the entire picture before jumping to conclusions about one parking garage.

[kendi]

Originally Posted by asianthree

Haven’t been to area for couple of years, only drive by. Parking for thrift seems very busy, and Miz Cathy’s parking was hard to come by. But what other businesses, besides the train store is within walking distance for clients that doesn’t already have parking space? Would hav e thought a retail on lower level with parking on top would At least bring in more retail. But just an opinion

Long term plans of updating that stretch of 301 in Wildwood are in place. More to come.

[Birdrm]

Originally Posted by DrMack

The amount is excessive, but it isn’t your money so why worry?

Yes it is our money, I pay about $800 a year in taxes to Wildwood!

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

If the place progresses like multi-storey car parks here in UK, it will soon after completion be taken over by the homeless, winos, and drug dealers.
The stair wells and elevators will stink of urine, and no one in their right mind will venture in after dark, or at all, if alternative is available.

We don’t have those problems in the US.

[fdpaq0580]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

We don’t have those problems in the US.

Um, in some places, We do. Sorry to break the news.