Lee County Parks & Recreation is transitioning its paid parking locations to a system that allows residents and visitors to pay by text, mobile app, through a website or at a kiosk. The change includes several locations on Fort Myers Beach.
The transition, which begins on May 1st, will include Bowditch Point Beach Park and Lynn Hall Memorial Beach Park on Fort Myers Beach.
Payments can be made using the following methods:
- Pay by Phone: After scanning the QR code, users will receive a text message with a link to pay for parking. Alternatively, texting PARK to the designated short code will generate a payment link.
- Pay at Kiosk: Locate the Premium Parking kiosk in the parking lot, enter your license plate number, select the amount of time, and pay using cash, debit, or credit card. Kiosks do not provide change. Beach parks will initially only offer text-to-pay and online payment options until kiosks are installed at a later date.
- Pay Online: Visit www.premiumparking.com, locate the parking lot, enter your license plate number, and follow the instructions to complete payment.
- Mobile App: The Premium Parking app is available for download via the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
The $60 annual Lee County Parks & Recreation parking pass remains available. Instead of a physical sticker, users will register their vehicle’s license plate digitally, eliminating the need to display stickers. Patrons who currently have physical stickers will be automatically transitioned to the new digital system.
Parking rates at all Lee County Parks & Recreation locations will remain the same. (No additional paid lots are being added with this transition; many Parks sites have free parking.) A $0.35 convenience fee will apply to all credit card transactions.
Several times at bowditch the App did not work. Tried for 30 minutes one morning, nothing. Also heard on the local news,cards were hacked. What should we do if the app doesn’t work and there is no kiosk?
Unless something has changed lee county does not recognize handicapped .
How do people with beach pass stickers register their plate? Is there an option for that?
How do we register our plate digitally? parks and recs beach pass sticker?
Is Lynn hall park now going to be included?? Before it was only bow ditch.
How do you go about getting an annual parking pass?
I scanned the code and then my credit card was stolen. Scammers place their QR code sticker over the one on the sign and steal your credit card info. I’ll never park in one of those lots or on the street again.
How about handicapped