Bridgewater council has approved a number of recommendations to update its current draft bylaw on parking meters. The town approved six of the seven suggestions put forward. Mayor Carroll Publicover says now they want to hire an experienced consultant to study parking meters in the town. The draft bylaw is expected to be back in front of council for first reading in the next couple of months. Council approved the following recommendations:
- That the rate for metered parking in the Town of Bridgewater be increased to $0.50 per hour with a further increase to $1.00 per hour after one year.
- That all parking meters receive the needed software upgrade and any repair and replacement.
- That the most outdated or damaged parking meters be replaced each year as revenue from the parking meters in the previous year allows.
- That the enforcement of parking meters be increased significantly.
- That the Parking Meter By-Law proceed through the process of adoption.
- That no new parking meters be installed.
