RED BANK — There may be some relief in sight for those who still haven’t made their peace concerning the controversial parking meters installed on downtown streets.
At a recent Borough Council meeting, the council discussed increasing the time on the two-hour parking meters to four hours.
“Originally, in the parking plan in 2000 and 2001, Neil Burnip [director of the borough’s parking utility} recommended parking in the lots be four hours,” said Borough Administrator Stanley Sickels.
Councilman Robert J. Bifani agreed an increased parking time would be beneficial.
“It’s hard to get dinner and a movie anywhere in town now,” he said.
Councilman Arthur Murphy III, agreed, but his reasons were more business-oriented.
“A lot of businesses in town have no long-term parking,” he said. “For people working in town for eight hours at a time, long-term parking is going to be an issue.”
The council agreed to revisit the issue at the next meeting.
Another positive side to the sometimes bleak parking situation in the borough was offered by Sickels, who said he was pleased to announce that since the beginning of the school year there have been no complaints from residents about Red Bank Catholic High School students parking on residential streets.