FORT PIERCE — Finding a parking spot in downtown Fort Pierce on a busy weekend has become a growing challenge, and city officials are now taking a closer look at potential solutions.
City leaders say the issue has been building over time as development has reshaped the downtown area. Commissioner Michael Broderick, a former member of the city’s parking committee, pointed to a steady decline in available spaces.
“Since then, the net loss due to King’s Landing and other developments that have come forward has caused a net loss of approximately 300 of those parking spaces, which puts us somewhere in the vicinity of 1,850, and right around there, it’s about 250 spaces lost,” Broderick said…