New Castle Weighs Hikes In Parking Permit Fees At Train Station

CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. -- New Castle hopes to raise enough money by hiking permit fees to help it make $600,000 worth of improvements to parking lots at the Chappaqua train station, according to a report by theexaminernews.com.

New Castle is weighing raising permit fees to help it make improvements to parking lots and sidewalks at the train station in Chappaqua.
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Carol Reif

03/26/2016 6:00 a.m.

The town is weighing raising residential permit rates to $500 from $450 a year, and the tab for non-residents to $1,300 from $900 – and is also looking at doubling the price of meter permits, theexaminernews.com report said.

The extra money will be used to repave and restripe its municipal lots and fix sidewalks, theexaminernews.com reported.

A vote on the new rates may be made at the Town Board’s meeting on Tuesday, March 29, theexaminernews.com story said

To read theexaminews.com story, click here.

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