AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - The City of Amarillo has awarded a contract for the construction of nearly 1,000 new parking spaces in three area parks.

At the last Amarillo city council meeting, the council approved nearly $3.5 million worth of parking lot projects for three parks in Amarillo.

John Stiff Memorial Park North and South will be adding nearly 400 new parking spots at over $1.5 million.

The Rick Klein Athletic Complex will be adding 450 new spots at around $1.8 million.

City officials say many Amarillo parks were built in the 60’s and did not anticipate the growth of visitors at the parks.

“Over the last few years, we’ve noticed that the parking is just not sufficient when we have tournaments, activities, leagues—things like that. This is something that we’ve been looking at for

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