(Deputy Mayor Stephen Chase)
(File Photo)
The Parking Commission has been given the go ahead by Common Council to borrow 11 million dollars to construct the Peel Plaza Parking Garage.
Deputy Mayor Stephen Chase voted against. He fears parking lots nearby will charge less and that the Parking Commission will find itself to financially strapped to build other lots for parking around the city, Trinity Royal in particular. Councillors Donnie Snook and Patty Higgins also voted against.
The provincial government earlier agreed to contribute 6 million dollars since much of the parking spaces will be used by the people who work in the nearby justice complex, now under construction on Hazen Avenue.
The Parking Commission will own and operate the garage.
