Motorists in Jim Thorpe Borough won’t have to stash as many quarters in their pockets come this summer.

Butts Ticket Company began installing parking kiosk machines in the downtown area Thursday morning, which will replace the borough’s 77 coin-operated meters.

“We started this process several years ago and I think the kiosks are going to be very user-friendly and give a big advantage to not only our residents, but also tourists,” Jim Thorpe Police Chief Joe Schatz said. “With the installation happening today, we’re hopeful to be up and running by mid-June. We still need to get our parking ordinance in place and then we can move forward from there.”

In total, seven kiosk stations will be scattered around downtown. After motorists park, they can follow signs to the kiosk stations and pay with cash, quarters, credit card and debit card. Once the machine dispenses a ticket, the motorist can place it on their dash and be on their way.

“The nice thing is in addition to being able to use credit and debit cards, customers can add time from the Whoosh mobile phone application if they are out on the go,” Schatz said. “They no longer have to run back to the meter to feed it.”