Politics & Government
Stamford Installs New Parking Meters Downtown
The new meters have a specific feature the old ones lacked.
STAMFORD, CT — The city has installed a host of new parking meters in downtown Stamford, which unlike the old style, take credit cards, officials announced on the Stamford Government Center's Facebook page.
"These new solar-powered meters have more visible text for any weather condition and they accept credit cards," officials wrote, adding that coins and the Parkmobile app also can still be used.
A little over a year ago, several dozen of the new meters were installed downtown on trial basis, writes the Stamford Advocate.
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Stamford has about 800 meters throughout the city, and to replace them all would cost more than $350,000, according to 2017 estimates from officials.
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