New Westminster City Council changes parking meter regulations

Residents will continue to plug parking meters Downtown even on Sundays

   

Kristina Mameli

news editor

ew Westminster residents will be forced
to continue plugging Downtown parking
meters even on Sundays and holidays
following a recent decision by New Westminster
City Council.
The council decided to change regulations
following a report which projected that the city

 

could potentially generate an extra $180,000

annually during the 52 Sundays and 10 statutory
holidays, all for a mere $17,000 in enforcement
fees. In combination with potential revenue from
parking tickets, that number could realistically

climb to $213,000.

On a trial basis October 1, the city launched
paid Sunday and holiday parking. Enforcement
started with warnings and fines were imposed as of

November 1.

Since then, a total of $54,870 worth of tickets
have been issued during the new hours of parking
enforcement. At the time of this writing, upwards

of $14,000 has been collected so far.

 

  

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Following written complaints from the staff
of Olivet Baptist Church and the Universalist
Brotherhood Church, concerned that the new
regulations would deter parishioners, the Council
voted to change the time meters will be in effect.
Meters will now only be in effect from noon to 6pm
Sundays to better accommodate churchgoers.

But even with the scaled-back regulations,
metered Sunday and holiday parking could still be
bad for already suffering downtown businesses.
Downtown businesses will now have to compete
with uptown businesses with the free parking
advantage of two major shopping centres with
surrounding residential area.

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