The city of St. Joseph has closed a second downtown parking garage to convert to a surface lot.
According to the city's Facebook page, the garage at Sixth and Jules, like the former garage at Fourth and Felix next to the St. Joseph Civic Arena, is being removed due to long term structural concerns.
Instead of spending $12 million dollars to repair the garages, about $833,000 is being spent to remove the upper sections.
This is one of the last projects to be paid with federal money received during the pandemic...which has to be spent before the end of this year.
While the conversion is underway, two-hour parking limits are being suspended in nearby areas.
