Zoo parking deck price well above $3 million spending limit, city says
The need for overflow zoo parking onto the Overton Park Greensward due to a number of events in October prompted the city and the zoo to announce Friday, Oct. 1, that the original parking plan is back on track. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)
City Chief Operating Officer Doug McGowen talked with The Daily Memphian about the factors that led the city and zoo to return to a parking plan that would take some of the Overton Park greensward and several trees. Listen to the interview.
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