The cost of parking at Logan International Airport could soon soar by as much a $3 a day, Massport announced, just days after the Herald reported the agency's skyrocketing payroll topped the $100 million mark.
"They're not interested in losing one nickel on what they can squeeze out of people that park at Logan," said David Tuerck of the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University. "They're going to drive those rates to the point they get as much money as they can. They're not in a million years going to look for a place to save money."
Central Parking could climb to $30 a day, while the so-called "economy lot" could cost drivers $21 per day, under the Massport proposal that would be effective July 1. Hourly rates could jump $2 to $3, though the first hour will stay at $6.
And that's just the beginning. Massport will also look at spiking the rates again effective 2016.
The parking pain comes just days after the Herald reported that Massport salaries ballooned to $100.8 million this year — nearly $7 million more than last year and much more than the $87.9 million the agency first projected.
Massport also announced a pilot shuttle bus between the Back Bay and Logan at a cost of $5 per rider, but it's unclear whether the agency will have to subsidize the service.
Massport spokesman Matthew Brelis said the agency froze positions and salaries for about three years during the recession and the number of workers has dropped by 45 since 2008.
Meanwhile, Logan passenger numbers increased 16 percent since then, putting more demand on parking facilities, he said. The agency will spend $60 million for 2,000 more spaces at Logan and $30 million for a garage at the Framingham Logan Express — something the increase could help fund, he said.
"We really are doing more with less," said Brelis.
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