The cost of parking at the new ferry dock at Red Hook is going up. The Port Authority is boosting the cost to $10 a day. Before the new terminal was built, it was $5 a day.
The Authority also intends to levy an additional 50-cent a person fee for people who park and ride the ferry, according to a story in the Virgin Islands Daily News. While folks using the car barge have been paying the additional half-a-buck for some time, it was never collected for parkers. The Authority said it will rectify that by installing turnstiles at the new terminal.
This won't affect most people vacationing on St. John, but it will affect some day-trippers and people making service or sales calls to the island. If you go across the Sound and plan to leave your car in the lot while you go fishing off a charter boat at Red Hook, you'll pay the higher rates, too.