Automated Beach Parking may be coming to AL’s Gulf Shores this summer

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Automated beach parking may be coming to the Gulf Shores of AL as early as late June this year.  Starting under a trial basis, the city’s main public beach will be using a pay-to-park system that will eliminate the need for parking attendants.  The automated system will allow visitors at Gulf Place to pay the $5 parking fee to a machine, without an attendant needed; this move is estimated to save the city hundreds of thousands of dollars over the next five years.  In addition to saving the city money, it will help to alleviate the traffic jam situations at the lot’s entrance when the beach is in its peak tourist season.  Community officials estimate that they will need 6 machines to cover the area, costing about $10,000 per machine and an additional $1,250 to post signs explaining to visitors how to use them.

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