BEND -- Parking for too long on Riverside Boulevard will cost Drake Park visitors this summer.

New four-hour time limits on the road will take effect Memorial Day weekend and extend through Labor Day. If the program is successful this summer, the City of Bend and the Bend Park & Recreation District may extend it year-round possibly to other crowded streets.

Enforcement will run around the clock, and drivers who stay parked for more than four hours will receive $50 tickets.

The park district wants river floaters to park by the Pavilion and take the Ride the River shuttle, which transports floaters and their tubes to and from the river for $3. People using Drake Park for other reasons who expect to be at the park for more than four hours can park elsewhere or take the free Ride Bend shuttle, which runs every 15 minutes between noon and 10 p.m. and stops at Franklin Avenue and Wall Street.

- The Bulletin