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The Traffic Authority voted 3-0 to provide 83 annual Walnut Street parking-garage permits to a Main Street business owner if formally requested, at a combined daily and evening rate totaling $45,650. It also proposed new municipal parking rates and a pay-by-phone system, with a 2-4 week public comment period before further discussion and recommendations to the Town Council.
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The 83 garage permits are not being issued automatically; the business owner must make a formal request. Proposed rates include $2 per hour for street parking, $10 per day or $2 per hour at the Walnut Street garage, and permit rates for several surface lots, while the Milk Street and Jillson Square lots would remain free. The Authority also discussed pay-by-phone parking and proposed EV charging at $0.35 per kilowatt-hour plus a $2 per hour idle fee.
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