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<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">June 15, 2023</p>
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<br />573.239.1837</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Eighth and Cherry Parking Garage to undergo maintenance project starting June 22</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - The Eighth and Cherry Parking Garage, located at 14 S. Eighth St., will temporarily close for an extended period to facilitate essential maintenance work beginning at 8 a.m. Thursday, June 22. Western Waterproofing, contractor for the City of Columbia Public Works department, will oversee the comprehensive repair and waterproofing of the parking garage's concrete driving lanes. Additional maintenance tasks include a deep cleaning of the garage by parking staff, weatherproofing work on steel beams, a new coat of paint on the interior walls and the restriping of the parking garage floors.<br /><br />Built in 1968, the Eighth and Cherry Parking Garage is Columbia's oldest downtown parking facility. The four-level garage contains 175 spaces, which includes 39 hourly spaces, 78 permit spaces, 3 reserved permit spaces, 6 accessible parking spaces and 49 spaces reserved specifically for valet parking at t
he Tiger Hotel.<br /><br />To ensure continued accessibility for individuals with disabilities during the closure, an extra on-street ADA parking space will be created near the entrance. Currently, there is one existing on-street ADA parking space just outside the garage entrance.<br /><br />During the closure, Eighth and Cherry hang tag permits may be displayed to park in the permit sections of either 10th and Cherry Parking Garage or Sixth and Cherry Parking Garage. These facilities are located on Cherry Street, two blocks away in either direction. Hourly parking will continue to be available in all other City parking garages and at on-street parking meters.<br /><br />The maintenance project, estimated to cost $300,000, will be paid with parking fee revenue. In future phases of maintenance, the parking utility plans to make repairs to the facility's roof and install LED lighting throughout the interior. These future upgrades will be scheduled separately and will not requir
e the closure of the parking garage.<br /><br />Signage will be posted this week at the entrance to the facility to make drivers aware of the upcoming maintenance. Permit holders will also receive an email from Public Works administrative staff notifying them of the closure.<br /><br />The garage is expected to be reopened by August 11 at the latest, weather permitting.</div>
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