khris
Senior Member
This is an older story from Dec. 9, 2008. Forgot to post it here. Funny how the image in the story was not of MCC but of Port Credit.
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Time to get those Toonies out
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Beginning early next year, motorists will have to pay to park in the City Centre.
By: Radhika Panjwani
Drivers will soon have to pay to park in the City Centre.
By January or February, the City of Mississauga will begin charging people to park, at a rate of $2 per hour, on City Centre streets, including Confederation Pkwy., Webb Dr., Shipp Dr., Sussex Gate and Princess Royal Dr., among others.
Currently, street parking in the area is free.
City officials say that the decision to charge for parking, which is expected to add $750,000 annually to City coffers, comes in response to the high demand for parking due to the area's growth.
Under the new plan parking on weekdays will be $2 per hour, 6 p.m to 9 p.m. Starting at 6 p.m., residents will have an option to pay a flat rate of $5 for overnight parking (6 p.m to 8 a.m) Monday through Friday, and $5 for overnight (6 p.m.-10 a.m.) Saturdays and Sundays.
Ward 4 councillor Frank Dale said that imposing parking fees and allowing overnight parking on some streets will give relief to some residents in nearby high-rise condominiums. Currently, those residents have limited parking available to them and their visitors.
“We've looked at putting in parking fees in the City Centre itself as the city matured,” said Dale. “The rationale behind it was to encourage more transit use. We're in a transition period where the transit level is not in line with the expectation level of the community, so I had asked (staff) to look at how we can provide parking to accommodate the residences.”
In a report tabled in August, the City's transportation and works department recommended charging for overnight parking in City Centre.
At that time, councillors wanted to adjust some overnight pay-for-parking on several major streets because they didn't want area businesses to be affected.
“...what was happening in the City Centre was, if someone was parking overnight, they would be ticketed,” Dale said. “I had concerns about that, especially since there are shortages of visitor parking in the condominiums. This way, now we will be able to accommodate them and they won't be ticketed.”
Currently, only commercial areas in Port Credit and Clarkson have pay-for-parking, with fees at $1 per hour.
rpanjwani@mississauga.net
Source
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Time to get those Toonies out
File photo
Beginning early next year, motorists will have to pay to park in the City Centre.
By: Radhika Panjwani
Drivers will soon have to pay to park in the City Centre.
By January or February, the City of Mississauga will begin charging people to park, at a rate of $2 per hour, on City Centre streets, including Confederation Pkwy., Webb Dr., Shipp Dr., Sussex Gate and Princess Royal Dr., among others.
Currently, street parking in the area is free.
City officials say that the decision to charge for parking, which is expected to add $750,000 annually to City coffers, comes in response to the high demand for parking due to the area's growth.
Under the new plan parking on weekdays will be $2 per hour, 6 p.m to 9 p.m. Starting at 6 p.m., residents will have an option to pay a flat rate of $5 for overnight parking (6 p.m to 8 a.m) Monday through Friday, and $5 for overnight (6 p.m.-10 a.m.) Saturdays and Sundays.
Ward 4 councillor Frank Dale said that imposing parking fees and allowing overnight parking on some streets will give relief to some residents in nearby high-rise condominiums. Currently, those residents have limited parking available to them and their visitors.
“We've looked at putting in parking fees in the City Centre itself as the city matured,” said Dale. “The rationale behind it was to encourage more transit use. We're in a transition period where the transit level is not in line with the expectation level of the community, so I had asked (staff) to look at how we can provide parking to accommodate the residences.”
In a report tabled in August, the City's transportation and works department recommended charging for overnight parking in City Centre.
At that time, councillors wanted to adjust some overnight pay-for-parking on several major streets because they didn't want area businesses to be affected.
“...what was happening in the City Centre was, if someone was parking overnight, they would be ticketed,” Dale said. “I had concerns about that, especially since there are shortages of visitor parking in the condominiums. This way, now we will be able to accommodate them and they won't be ticketed.”
Currently, only commercial areas in Port Credit and Clarkson have pay-for-parking, with fees at $1 per hour.
rpanjwani@mississauga.net
Source
