Pay to park: Sweeping changes in the Great Smoky Mountains

Anyone who wants to park their car, truck or motorcycle in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will soon have to pay for a parking tag if a new proposal for a program called Park It Forward passes.

Early numbers suggest the Smokies Parking Tag program would operate as a 3-tier system. A full-day parking tag would be $5, a 7-day tag would be $15 and an annual tag would be $40. 

With 4,500 parking spaces in the park, the projected revenue gain would be around $10-15 million per year.