Parking meters line Broad Street in ChattanoogaBY THE NUMBERS
$20,000 Potential annual payment to Republic Parking System for parking enforcement.2,000 Approximate number of parking meters in city.5 Number of years the parking enforcement contract will last.Source: Chattanooga Area Regional Transit Authority
Republic Parking System soon will take over control of downtown parking enforcement.
Tom Dugan, executive director of the Chattanooga Area Regional Transit Authority, said Republic won a bid a few weeks ago and will begin Oct. 1.
The move to outsourcing to a private company comes just months after the City Council voted to allow CARTA to take over parking enforcement from the Chattanooga Police Department.
“This is pretty much the way cities are going,” Dugan said.