AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Augusta leaders don’t want cars just taking up space downtown.

“Because you will have people that utilize a parking space for eight to 12 hours a day and doesn’t give the opportunity for anybody else to come in and park in the same spot," said Commissioner Wayne Guilfoyle.

Even with engineers’ efforts to offset the loss, the Broad Street project will cost about 150 spaces.

So, merchants and city leaders say when the work is over, an enforceable parking management plan is needed. “The details of that are tricky. What we would have to do is get a group together get a plan for parking on Broad Street. Again, every prosperous downtown has some sort of parking management plan, we don't have that in Augusta, and that's a problem,” said Broad Street business owner Rob Wyn

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