Approximately 300 parking meters in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward will be replaced by the computerized LUKE parking meters that have been added to much of the downtown area in recent years, Ald. Robert Bauman announced.
People can use their credit cards to pay for parking at the LUKE spaces if they do not have coins. The current meters only take coins.
City officials hope to have as much as 50 percent of the Third Ward serviced by the LUKE parking meters by the end of the year, Bauman said.
"Not only will LUKE meters alleviate the need to carry rolls of quarters, but citizens can use credit and debit cards, can use any meter if the one closest to their spot is being used, they’ll be warned by the meter about trying to pay on Saturday when no payment is required, and they’ll have the option of pre-paying for meter time," Bauman said.
The new LUKE meters will be installed in the area extending from Water Street east to Milwaukee Street and from St. Paul Avenue south to Erie Street and Menomonee Street.
