OCEAN CITY — Judging by the early numbers, the decision to tweak the formula with an increased hourly rate at the Inlet lot on the Fourth of July appears to have been the right one with the lot nearing capacity by mid-morning on Thursday.
After a significant drop-off in Inlet lot parking revenue on the Fourth of July last summer, the Mayor and Council on March voted to abandon the all-day, flat-rate pay structure in favor of an increased hourly rate. As a result, the Mayor and Council approved a one-day increase in the hourly parking rate at the Inlet lot from $3 to $5 on the Fourth of July only.
By early Thursday morning, the decision appeared to be achieving the desired results. At 9:45 a.m. on Thursday, resort officials reported about 976 of the Inlet’s 1,300 spaces, or about 75 percent, were already full. A little over an hour later at 11 a.m. on Thursday, 1,242 of the Inlet lot’s 1,300 spaces were full, or roughly 95 percent.
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4 comments:
I am assigned security operations near the INLET
with exception of the draw bridge, traffic is good traveling East Bound
out of Salisbury.
No Thanks ..if I had the weekend off...maybe ..No desire to sit in traffic
The onslaught coming into Town didn't let up until about 6PM. Of note is that the Park N Ride lot at that time STILL was not full. The real onslaught will be when the fireworks ends.
Rickie got very lucky with the route 50 bridge delay again. He and City Hall are so wrapped in getting SHA to approve build additional spans to route 90 that years of kicking the can down the road for route 50 will come due. Make it a priority, take buildings that r in the way and have SHA get on with it. Route 90 redo from beginning to end is a pipedream right now. Getting a perm fix to your gateway to downtown is more important than worrying about cars/motorcycles that make too much noise, fencing in the middle of coastal highway and jamming parking to your visitors. Wake up old man.
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