Flat-rate parking ends at St. Pete Beach, but website to track availability in real time is here to stay
By Mariah Harrison
and FOX 13 news staff
Published
Mariah Harrison reports
ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. - Over the weekend, St. Pete Beach rolled out two pilot programs to make parking easier and cheaper. One of those programs ends today.
All of the public, metered spaces cost $15 on Memorial Day. The flat-rate cost was one of the pilot programs that started Friday but ends on Monday.
The second program is here to stay though and helps beachgoers find a spot quicker. Permanent on-street sensors have been installed along Pass-A-Grille Way between 1st and 12th avenues, as well as down 9th Avenue and will show where there's an open spot via a new website will provide live parking updates that tells which spots are open and where.