UWM could halt parking payments over meter plan

Published Oct. 27, 2009 at 6:05 p.m.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee may halt its nearly $100,000 yearly payment to Milwaukee County for student and staff parking on the lakefront, if the county proceeds plans to install $1-an-hour meters there.UWM Vice President Tom Luljak said Tuesday the university would seriously consider ending the arrangement with the county if it adds the meters. Students already pay for parking in the lakefront lots through student fees to the university, Luljak said. That amounts to double charging for the service, he said.The meters would likely drive student commuters to already overcrowded local streets near the UWM campus, he said.


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