Parking Ramp Rates Almost Set

Two dollars was too high…and having no grace period was out of the

question. Members of La Crosse’s parking utility board have reached a compromise on what rate to charge the public for using the downtown ramps.  After allowing two hours of free parking, the ramps will cost a dollar-50 an hour.  Downtown store owner Dan Wettstein serves on the parking board, and he’d like to go easier on the people who come downtown to shop:

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The entire parking board will have to endorse the rate before new parking gates in the ramps will be put into operation.