You may eventually have to start plugging meters again in downtown Springfield, but it probably won’t be this year.
Downtown visitors have not been required to pay for parking at meters since the start of the COVID pandemic back in March of 2020. Mayor Jim Langfelder says an eventual move back to paid metered parking downtown depends on a lot of unresolved variables, including the extent to which state workers fully return to downtown offices. The mayor has in the past also linked the return of paid metered parking to an upgrade to “smart” parking meters downtown, a project which could take months.
Appearing live on WMAY, Langfelder says free parking will likely remain in place at least through the holidays and into the start of next year.
