WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The debate over paid parking coming to downtown Wichita is intensifying. Some business owners and members of the public are left with questions.
The exact cost is still unknown, but Wichita City Council member Brandon Johnson said he believes it will start at 75 cents an hour.
Others said their frustration wasn’t about feeding the meter but how the city announced it on Saturday in a social media post with very few details.
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Russell Arben Fox, a professor at Friends University, said his frustration came from the lack of critical details.
“The fact they rolled this out with a lot of those specifics as yet undetermined was really unfortunate,” said Arben Fox.
He added, “If people have to plan for a change in how they run their business, in how they arrange their commutes, all sorts of things like that, they want to have some specifics.”
Arben Fox said Wichita’s assistant manager was apologetic in Thursday’s meeting. He believes it is important for people to get on the same page.