A resident’s perspective. I urge the City to say NO to the Vesterra request for a permit to cut down mature trees to make a parking lot for their development at 49 Delhi. I expect my City to be an advocate for our Urban canopy. Other solutions may be found for the Parking issue.SS
Category: Parking that car
Repairs taking place in West Parkade
The City is undertaking structural and preventative maintenance repair work in the West Parkade. Work began on Monday, August 12 and should be completed by the end of September. “We do not anticipate any service interruptions or disruptions to permit and public parkers”, explained Allister McILveen, manager of traffic and parking services. “We thank parkade […]
June 13th Parking Meeting: Some Ideas
A resident provides a perspective. One, regarding the need for more parking in downtown. [I say need, as the population of downtown is due to increase with the addition of two or more condominiums] I would suggest adding two parking garages [3-4 levels] similar to the ones already present. For aesthetics, these could be bricked […]
Downtown "Fringe" Parking – Merc Article 5/14
A resident comments on Downtown parking. Couldn’t resist commented re this article plus comments by Jim Furfaro. Believe me Queen Street area is only the tip of a giant iceberg. I have had that driven home (no pun intended) this past week alone with having to request people park in my companies parking lot and […]
Public Information Centre mtg. – Stevenson Street Repaving and Bike Lane construction
Please find the attached Public Information Centre meeting for Stevenson Street Repaving and Bike Lane construction. You are also invited to participate in identifying opportunities to reduce the impacts of on-street parking. This PIC will be held on Wednesday, June 5th, at Holy Rosary Church Parish Hall, 165 Emma Street, from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 […]
Parking Master Plan Study – Change in Reporting Dates
Staff update on the Parking Master Plan. This email is to inform Council of a decision to extend the completion date of the Parking Master Plan study from March, 2013 to July 2013. The final report, inclusive of recommendations, will be submitted to the July 29th, 2013 meeting of Council. By way of background, during […]
Comments on the Proposed Parking Master Plan
A resident comments on the Parking Master Plan. I appreciate your efforts to create a Parking Master Plan for the City of Guelph. However, the scope of the plan does not accommodate the majority of citizens who travel to work in the industrial areas nor does the plan propose any solutions for people who drive […]
No Parking bylaw after 2am tonight
Staff message regarding parking Downtown. Public Works will be removing snow and cleaning up the road and sidewalks tonight along the funeral procession route (Wyndham St, Carden to Woolwich, Woolwich, Wyndham to MacDonnell) and will be enforcing the no parking bylaw after 2:00am. This means we will be towing vehicles that are parked along these […]
Tweet from Guelph Ticat @PeterDyakowski
What could be more valuable to one of our new Guelph ambassadors than a #FreeParkinginGuelphForLife pass. Avin’ a bit of a laugh at the Guelph Ticat launch on Wednesday. ian Hey @cityofguelph, if it’s signed by the Mayor and Chief of Police it’s valid, right?#FreeParkinginGuelphForLife!!! twitter.com/PeterDyakowski… — Peter Dyakowski (@PeterDyakowski) March 6, 2013
environmental perspective
A resident provides an environmental perspective to parking. I think it necessary to throw into the complex mix of opinions regarding this issue, the important perspective of air pollution; traffic congestion and having a ‘greener’ downtown. Fundamentally, do we want to continue encouraging people to drive, often and usually, alone, in their steel and glass […]