Charlotte now charging longer for parking in uptown, South End

WFAE | By Woody Cain

Published September 3, 2024 at 8:09 AM EDT

Starting Sept. 3, you’ll have to pay longer to park on Charlotte streets in uptown and South End.

Previously, on-street parking was free after 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Now, charges go until 10 p.m.

It costs $1.50 per hour, with a maximum of two hours in a spot. The city hopes to improve parking turnover during peak hours.

Warnings will be issued for violators up until Sept. 14. Fines will begin on Sept. 16.

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Woody Cain

Woody is a Charlotte native who came to WFAE from the world of NASCAR where he was host of NASCAR Today for MRN Radio as well as a pit reporter, turn announcer and host of the NASCAR Live pre race show for Cup Series races. Before that, he was a news anchor at WBT radio in Charlotte, a traffic reporter, editor of The Charlotte Observer’s University City Magazine, News/Sports Director at WEGO-AM in Concord and a Swiss Army knife in local cable television. His first job after graduating from Appalachian State University was news reporter at The Daily Independent in Kannapolis. Along the way he’s covered everything from murder trials and a national political convention to high school sports and minor league baseball.

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