That and all the houses, businesses, churches, colleges and hospitals competing for space down here on the peninsula. And MUSC is growing. More buildings supporting research, patient care and the education of health care professionals mean more employees, patients and students, and they all need space to work and to park the cars that bring them here. In the hunt for space, when spreading out or digging in means getting wet, the only alternative is up multi-level parking garages, to be specific. Expensive, multi-level parking garages that have to be paid for with parking fees.
State law prevents parking facilities from being absorbed into the cost of new buildings.
They have to bear the cost of paying for their own bond issues. The plan, created by Perkins and Will, also calls for at least one existing parking area to be occupied by another building. That would displace another 400 spaces. Shifts in parking space allocation or in fee structure affect people and people react to what affects them. That concerns Robin Hardin and the committee she chairs.