Downtown Champaign parking rates triple on Monday

CHAMPAIGN – Kenny Bonnell is self-employed, and he comes to downtown Champaign regularly to clean Boltini Lounge, 211 N. Neil St.

So he was a little dismayed Wednesday to learn that the increase in most downtown parking meter rates – from 25 cents to 75 cents an hour – will take effect Monday.

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