Parking garage will transition to pay-by-hour parking, as originally planned

The parking garage located just south of the Rhatigan Student Center will transition to pay-by-hour parking May 13.

Brian Hayes

The parking garage located just south of the Rhatigan Student Center will transition to pay-by-hour parking May 13.

At the beginning of the school year, Wichita State announced that a new parking garage would be treated the same as a surface lot, allowing anyone with a permit to park there.

The parking garage was originally intended to be pay-by-the-hour parking, but the pay stations were backordered.

This week, WSU announced that starting May 13 the garage will be used as it was originally intended as a pay-by-the-hour garage.

“The pay stations were installed in October and the university planned to switch to hourly parking only over the holiday break,” said Troy Bruun, associate vice president of financial reporting/analysis and university controller in an email.

“The SGA asked that the university to not make changes during the academic year to avoid confusion.”

The first level of the parking garage will still be reserved for red permits and the fourth floor will be for yellow permit holders. The second and third level will be hourly parking. Visitors will have to pay $1.50 an hour, with a daily maximum of $15, and can pay at one of the six kiosks in the garage.

“Anyone may utilize the hourly parking,” Bruun said in August. “The kiosks will accept credit cards, cash, and coins. Please note the kiosks will not give change, but they will give a receipt for additional time that you can use on your next visit.”