Zack Voheim

(KPAX) It could soon cost you to park in Missoula’s Hip Strip as the Missoula City Council voted to expand the Missoula Parking Commission’s jurisdiction.

The Missoula Parking Commission’s authority now runs along Hazel Street to Roosevelt Street, and from Higgins down to Third and Fourth streets. The expansion also reaches east of Higgins, mainly butting against the University District.

The plan has been in the works for months now, with several public hearings being held. Missoula Parking Commission director Jodi Pilgrim says that the expansion is needed to help manage parking in the area.

“We plan to start with managing those two-hour parking zones and continue to track the utilization and the impacts that that management has on where cars are parking,” said Pilgri

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