www.Parctel.com: Parking fees at the East Texas Regional Airport will soon be a thing of the past, Gregg County Judge Bill Stoudt said Wednesday.
The county is waiving the $3 per night parking fee at the airport beginning Oct. 1 when the 2008 fiscal year begins, he said. Parking fees raised about $60,000 this year, he said. Parking lot maintenance has cost $2,500 each of the past two years, but repaving is necessary every three years and costs about $100,000, he said.
No-charge parking will allow the county to apply for Federal Aviation Administration grants to pay for lot maintenance and repairs while providing a benefit to the airport customers, he said. There will be no other needed changes of modifications with the fee removal, and the only cost to the county will be to remove mechanical crossing guards at the parking lot's entrance and exit.
"It needs repaving right now," said Stoudt. "This is a win-win situation."
Source: Jimmy Isaac - News-Journal.com
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