The cost for parking in a ramp downtown La Crosse is going to more than double this summer. Right now, you can park in a one of the cities ramps for just $40 per month, this summer the cost jumps to $100. That’s right a hundred bucks a month to park your car downtown La Crosse. A hundred bucks. According to Mike Giese chair of the Sustainable La Crosse Commission if we were to pay the true cost for that spot that we would be paying $317 a month per stall to cover it. The average cost per month for a one bedroom apt in downtown La Crosse is about $600 per month, so a place to park your car is a little more than half that and if you live on the north or south side and are renting you can get a one bedroom for $425 a month and I bet that includes a place to park your car. I don’t get what the city is trying to do, build up downtown, offer parking, then charge the hell out of the parking after you get downtown thriving, to me it seems like the old bait and switch. Plus, let’s get replacement trees up for the clear cut of the ash trees.
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