Happening Now

 

Immediate Priority Repairs:
The structural repairs that started in the fall of 2023 at the Wall Street, Rankin Avenue and Harrah’s Cherokee Center parking garages are now complete.  Pending budget approval in the new fiscal year beginning July 1st, the next phase of prioritized repairs is scheduled for the later half of 2024. These High-Priority Repair projects will focus on the cleaning, sealing and waterproofing of the concrete and steel surfaces.

Accessibility Improvements:
A project to improve accessible parking and accessible travel within the parking garages has completed design. The project will now be advertised for bid, and construction will start this summer.

live
live
Accessibility Improvements, starting Summer 2024

  • Resizing of accessible spaces, new striping, relocation of select accessible spaces, cane detection, signage

complete
complete
Immediate Priority Repairs and Accessibility Improvements: Completed early 2024

  • Impacted Facilities: Wall Street, Rankin Ave, Harrah’s Cherokee Center Garages.
  • Repairs needed for stairwells, elevator landings, and deck improvements.

planned
planned
High Priority Repairs

  • Waterproofing, joint seal replacements, mechanical, electrical and drainage repairs.

  • Start Fall 2024 - Complete Spring 2026

planned
planned
Medium Priority Repairs and Enhancement

  • Full replacement of Harrah’s Cherokee Center garage  stairwells, replacement of framing at Wall Street elevator landings, guard rail replacements, signage and wayfinding improvements.

  • Start: Summer 2026 - Complete Spring 2027

Frequently Asked Questions

  • In addition to the facility condition assessment, the consultants were also engaged to provide capital planning. This included an analysis comparing the costs of 1) a plan to repair and maintain the garages versus  2) a plan to replace the garages.  

  • The analysis showed that over a 30-year period the cost of replacing the garages is 2 to 2 ½ times the cost of making the recommended repairs and implementing a preventative maintenance program.

  • A phased program of construction repairs will be ongoing with anticipation of completion in 2027.  

  • Construction will be scheduled with the goal of minimizing impacts to parking availability as much as possible.  

  • Certain parking spaces and sections of garages will be periodically closed to accommodate construction activities.  At times a garage might  be closed entirely.

The parking garages are safe and will remain open for parking as normal, with the exception of the select scheduled closures.

  • The estimate for the repairs on all four of the garages is $11.3 million.  Once complete,  an annual maintenance budget of $1.06 million, escalated annually for inflation, is recommended.

  • Over a 30-year period the costs average out to less than $2 per day per parking space.

 

Parking Structure

30-year Repair & Maintenance

(in 2023 dollars)

# of Parking Spaces

Average Daily Cost Per Space

Wall Street

$5,500,000

221

$2.27

Rankin Ave

$5,800,000

262

$2.02

Harrah's Cherokee

$12,600,000

550

$2.09

Biltmore Ave

$6,400,000

409

$1.43

Total

$30,300,000

1442

$1.92

Contact Information

 

Nicole George, Project Manager
ngeorge@ashevillenc.gov
828-747-1976

Jessica Morriss
Transportation, Assistant Director 
jmorriss@ashevillenc.gov