Portlanders won’t have to pay for parking late into the evenings after all.

Mayor Keith Wilson announced Wednesday that he had directed the Portland Bureau of Transportation to halt its enforcement of extended parking meter hours beginning Oct. 15, except in areas that have special event district hours.

A planned extension of hours that was supposed to take effect in Northwest Portland on Wednesday has also been postponed, city officials said.

The move comes after The Oregonian/OregonLive in August reported that the bureau had largely abandoned its own written guidance when it implemented its largest parking meter rate hike in history and expanded enforcement hours.

The decision also comes after city councilors discussed the possibility of rolling back the extended enforcement ho

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