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Cape May Beach Tags, Meter Revenue Up
Tourism | Wed, 08/13/2008 - 9:23 am | Read 2111 | Commented 5 | Emailed 0
Tags: beach tag sales, cape may, parking meter revenue, tourist season
Tags: beach tag sales, cape may, parking meter revenue, tourist season
Beach tag revenue is up in Cape May as is parking meter income. Photos by Jack Fichter
CAPE MAY — This city is having a great tourist season according to revenue figures for beach tag sales and money collected from parking meters.
At a Aug. 12 City Council meeting, Cape May Interim City Manager Bruce MacLeod said beach tags sales so far for the year as of July 31 were $1,160,000, up from $1,124,00 last year.
Parking meter revenue through July 31 was $441,365, up from $415,000 last year. Parking meter fees were increased by 25 cent per hour this year.
Another indicator of a healthy tourist season may be the heavy traffic back up in front of the Lobster House on Schellenger’s Landing at the entrance to Cape May, an annual occurrence.
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Fri, 08/29/2008 - 8:15am - Posted by: Anonymous
I feel like a personally contributed to the increase in parking meter revenues. You see, the new parking meter system in town is designed to intentionally deceive people, and I fell prey to the new design. Here is my article I wrote describing the whole experience:
http://uxarts.blogspot.com/2008/08/cape-may-parking-designed-to-scam.html
Thu, 08/14/2008 - 3:42pm - Posted by: Anonymous
Does this mean the city will be able to house the lifeguards properly next year? Or can't they find the money? Why doesn't the Herald look into that?
Wed, 08/13/2008 - 7:26pm - Posted by: Anonymous
I saw a beach checker make a mother standing in the water watching her children go back to her beach chair to show him her badge.
The Mother told the beach checker she did have a badge but in the hopes of making $4 for the City of Cape May this beach tag checker recklessly endanger the lives of children.
Wed, 08/13/2008 - 12:41pm - Posted by: Anonymous
Yes Traffic does back up by the Lobster House ( IN LOWER TOWNSHIP ) every
day at lunch time. Lower Township is having a "Great Tourist Season" as well !
Have you been along the Delaware Bay in North Cape May and Townbank on a
Weekend? The Bay Beach looks like Cape May with all the people !
Maybe the Township should put up there own Meters and sell Beach Tags.
If you want to know how Busy Lower Township is - Just read there Police Department's
Weekly Report.
LTBP ? - LOWER TOWNSHIP BEACH PATROL ! Why not...
Upper Township has one.
Wed, 08/13/2008 - 9:57am - Posted by: Anonymous
This doesn't make sense. Meter revenue is up, but they raised parking meter fees. Beach tag sales are up 3%. Did they raise those fees, as well?
I hardly believe that this means that CMC is having a great season.