The development company North River IV proposed to convert the city block next to the Old Port into a six-story parking garage with space for retail and housing.
Biddeford residents voted in 2014 to ban the use of parking meters "in the greater downtown area," but since then, the City Council has voted to install "parking kiosks" instead, claiming meters and kiosks aren't the same thing.
When the City of Portland raised the parking meter rates on July 1, 2017, it was big news. Rates have gone up again and this time it seemed to fly under the radar.