The Pittsburgh Stadium Authority took the first steps today toward construction of a 798-space parking garage on the North Shore to make up for spaces lost to development.
Board members voted 4-1 to authorize the planning for the garage, which would be built in 1,200-space lot 1, the surface parking lot closest to Heinz Field.
The garage will cost an estimated $15 million and net 600 new spaces. Construction is expected to start this spring and take a year.
Voting against the measure was board member Michael Danovitz, who favored a less expensive plan to expand the existing 1,321-space West General Robinson Street garage by 575 spaces.