MILWAUKEE — A plan to extend metered parking to 9 p.m. and include Saturdays has hit a snag in Milwaukee.
Alderman Bob Bauman has filed to repeal the ordinance, which was passed Tuesday by the Milwaukee Common Council. He argues there was not enough notice given to key stakeholders about the change before it was passed.
As of now, no changes will take effect to metered parking downtown.
But just the thought of extended hours has rubbed people the wrong way.
"That sucks. That's kind of not fun," Emma Roslin said of the potential of having to feed the meter on Saturdays.
Right now, paid meter parking is only on weekdays and ends at 6 p.m. Weekends are free.
"It's kind of like, why do I want to come down if I have to fight for parking and also pay more? That doesn't sound like a fun time to come downtown," Roslin said.
College student Joe Chong agreed.
"Why do we need to extend parking hours?" Chong asked. "People would either be less likely to come down or they won't be as happy to come down here."
But one person we talked to actually does want to see paid parking hours extended.
"It's kind of common sense, we kind of do need that," said Brandon Oglesby. "We need more revenue to the city. We're gonna try to get the All Start and stuff like that, we need a lot more money to build more hotels so we can have more events."
