Collier St. Ramp is Going Out of Business

Binghamton Mayor Richard David says it's been decided the Collier Street parking garage downtown can't safely make it through the winter and is being closed down in a couple of weeks.

The two upper levels of the crumbling ramp at the corners of Hawley, Collier and State Streets were closed off in June with dozens of business, government and residential parkers shifted to other parking facilities.

With the planned complete closure of the Collier Street facility November 9, 50 monthly parkers will be relocated to the Water Street garage and 200 will be sent to the State Street garage, where dozens of City department vehicles have already been relocated.

About 200 daily transient parkers will be directed to the surface lot at the corner of Hawley and Washington Streets.

The closure also affects the availability of parking for events at the nearby Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena.

The City says the November 9 closing date is flexible and the Collier Street garage is currently safe for routine use.

Mayor David says as repair work was being done, it was determined, with addition problems that were being uncovered, that it would be best to close the ramp prior to the onset of another winter and drastic drops in temperature.

The current structure is scheduled to be demolished in the spring to make way for new development.

Anyone with questions can call LAZ Parking at (607) 772-7151.