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Westport Selectwoman’s Office Announces Additional All-Day Parking in Town Lots

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The First Selectwoman’s Office and the Police Department have announced that additional all-day parking has been added in Town parking lots in downtown Westport.

Since May 1, 2024, the Town of Westport reinstated timed parking enforcement in the downtown area to better manage parking availability and ensure fair access to parking spaces for all residents and visitors.

Since that time the administration has monitored the usage patterns in the downtown municipal lots. Parker Harding has seen a significant increase in available spaces throughout the day in response to the new 3-hour time limits being enforced. 

Another highly desirable parking lot, the Baldwin lot, has been monitored for several months in terms of usage. The data determined that the all-day spaces were being heavily utilized throughout the day. It also showed that timed spaces were not being fully utilized, especially in the morning and early afternoon hours. After careful consideration, the Town has decided to convert 18 timed spaces to all-day spaces in the Baldwin Lot to strike a better balance in terms of availability. 

In addition, the Town will be converting 25 all-day spaces in the Jesup Road North lot next to the Gillespie Center to again find a better balance and meet demand. This combined change adds a total of 43 all-day spaces in the downtown area on both sides of the Post Road.

Operations Director Tom Kiely said, “converting timed spots to all-day parking in the Baldwin Lot and Jesup Lot will provide downtown employees and visitors with better access to convenient all-day parking. This decision was made after several months of data were collected. It’s important to maintain the appropriate balance of spaces due to the current demands. As demands change reallocating spaces in the future can always be considered.”  

For more information about parking and a detailed map of the designated areas that includes space count and locations with timed and all-day parking, please visit Parking — Discover Westport