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Parking Services inflates lot costs
Hourly parking also escalates with hike
BRIAN MINK
Issue date: 4/21/08 Section: News
Parking pass costs will increase this August for the first time in six years, a University news release stated Friday.
Academic year zone prices will be:
Red-zone: $360
Blue-zone $270
Yellow-zone $180
Reserved & Multi-access $540
Additionally, the daily parking schedule will increase by $2
The costs for each parking zone will increase by $10 per month.
Deck parking for non-permit holders will increase by $2 per day, the release said.
Parking Services is a self-supporting auxiliary service. The group has incurred significant amounts of debt over the last few years, as it has funded new parking decks, Tim Burgess, senior vice president for finance and administration, wrote in the news release.
Without the increase, the news release said, Parking Services will experience an annual operating loss in 2009. The department already experienced such a loss this year.
"An increase in user fees is necessary to maintain a sound financial footing," George Stafford, the associate vice president for auxiliary and administrative services, wrote in the news release.
University parking permits are priced in relation to their proximity to central areas of campus, with the closer permits costing more.
For the 2008-2009 school year, yellow-zone permits will increase from $10 to $20 per month, blue-zone permits will increase from $20 to $30 and red-zone permits will increase from $30 to $40.
Reserved and multi-access permits will increase from $50 to $60 per month, the release said.
Kristen McDaniel, a sophomore marketing major from Newnan, said she researched the University's parking prices as part of a speech she gave for a class.
McDaniel said other schools allow students to park in several locations on campus, give priority based on number of hours completed and charge one fee for parking.
PARKING INCREASE
Permits will increase $10 per month in each zone.Academic year zone prices will be:
Red-zone: $360
Blue-zone $270
Yellow-zone $180
Reserved & Multi-access $540
Additionally, the daily parking schedule will increase by $2
The costs for each parking zone will increase by $10 per month.
Deck parking for non-permit holders will increase by $2 per day, the release said.
Parking Services is a self-supporting auxiliary service. The group has incurred significant amounts of debt over the last few years, as it has funded new parking decks, Tim Burgess, senior vice president for finance and administration, wrote in the news release.
Without the increase, the news release said, Parking Services will experience an annual operating loss in 2009. The department already experienced such a loss this year.
"An increase in user fees is necessary to maintain a sound financial footing," George Stafford, the associate vice president for auxiliary and administrative services, wrote in the news release.
University parking permits are priced in relation to their proximity to central areas of campus, with the closer permits costing more.
For the 2008-2009 school year, yellow-zone permits will increase from $10 to $20 per month, blue-zone permits will increase from $20 to $30 and red-zone permits will increase from $30 to $40.
Reserved and multi-access permits will increase from $50 to $60 per month, the release said.
Kristen McDaniel, a sophomore marketing major from Newnan, said she researched the University's parking prices as part of a speech she gave for a class.
McDaniel said other schools allow students to park in several locations on campus, give priority based on number of hours completed and charge one fee for parking.
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James
posted 4/21/08 @ 6:30 AM EST
You'll have to forgive me, but this reads like a Press Release. This article gives the impression that Parking Services is a poor orphan child just barely making it in an unforgiving world. (Continued…)
James
posted 4/21/08 @ 7:28 AM EST
Additionally, I would like to know to whom do I direct my complaints? Who will really answer and address this complaint and not just give me lipservice to get me off the phone. (Continued…)
stepped on again
posted 4/21/08 @ 7:36 AM EST
I hope that anyone frustrated by the University continually taking advantage of you call the office of
George Stafford at 706.542.7933 and ask him why he thinks it's ok to gauge people? I feel that if I must take an undeserved smack in the face the he sure as hell should get the smack in the face he deserves for his bad management that we have to pay for!!!!!
He is the head, so the buck stop with him!!!
mrh
posted 4/21/08 @ 9:15 AM EST
What this article fails to mention is that staff who have to park year-round are facing even higher prices. The price for the North Deck will increase from $360 to $480 a year. (Continued…)
free parking
posted 4/21/08 @ 9:20 AM EST
Or, take an alternate route. There are many places to park just off of milledge avenue where you can take the Milledge Bus to class. True, many times this bus is crowded and it is a long route, but it beats the hell out of paying $300 to park in a deck that was over sold. (Continued…)
Funkatron
posted 4/21/08 @ 10:20 AM EST
Get a bike.
DT
posted 4/21/08 @ 11:09 AM EST
This is just great!!! Half my parking lot has been taken over by construction. An additional 10 or so spaces have been designated for McPhaul Center parents only. (Continued…)
Jen Wright
posted 4/21/08 @ 1:42 PM EST
Bait and Switch! We signed up for service at one price, and AFTER we had made our commitment they inform us that the price is increased. We should have had this information BEFORE selecting and signing up for lots. (Continued…)
Staff
posted 4/21/08 @ 3:24 PM EST
As a staff member I pay to park at my office which isn't even on the UGA campus. We don't have access to campus bus routes, and security in these outer lots is horrible. (Continued…)
Rustic Details
posted 4/21/08 @ 4:41 PM EST
Boo hoo hoo.
Poor pampered puppies and princesses.
To actually have to walk a little farther? To pay an extra $10?
Let's start a hunger strike!
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