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Jersey City slaps food trucks with new parking fees

September 26, 2019

Jersey City, New Jersey will no longer allow food trucks to park for free on Sussex Street and Grand Street, a change that some food truck owners say will make it impossible for them to survive, according to an msn.com report.

Trucks will now have to pay $40 a day on Sussex Street and $200 a day on Montgomery Street.

Stacey Flanagan, the city's director of health and human services, said the free parking on Grand Street was a pilot program to encourage waterfront business, but the trucks are taking business from brick-and-mortar restaurants.

Flanagan said the fees are based on general costs and the real estate value of establishing a business in the space.