Police not giving warnings as new, later alt-side parking begins

Alt-side parking ends March 15 

Alternate-side parking starts tonight. It’s 15 days later than it usual begins, after a city council vote.

In the past, La Crosse police have issued warnings for those first couple – usually non-snowy – days of the rule. Not this year. Rumor is police won’t be so forgiving with cars parked on the wrong side of the street. 

Starting at midnight tonight, drivers need to park on the side of the street corresponding with that date. So tonight drivers will need to park on the odd side of the street.

In past years, alternate-side parking began in La Crosse on the Nov. 1 and ended March 30. Now, it will end March 15.