Hearing Wednesday on Parking Garage Plan

A public hearing is slated next week for a proposed design plan for a new parking garage on Governors Avenue.

The meeting will be held at council chambers at City Hall at 6 p.m. Wedensday, June 29.

Early estimates said the garage would cost about $7.5 million. City officials have previously said it will likely need to be paid for with a bond.

Parking in Medford Square has been a hot issue in Medford. The city council passed a resolution calling for parking enforcement to be implemented in the Medford Square before plans proceeded for the garage. But McGlynn held a pre-bid conference for prospective project manager in November, which some councilors called a "."

The issues over the garage were part of what led to Councilors Michael Marks and Robert Penta to call for a , a measure that in December.

Business owners in Medford Square

In the beginning of April, where patrolmen for the Medford Police Department monitor the area when they aren't taking other calls and issue parking tickets to violating vehicles.