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winnipeg
WEEKEND, December 14-16, 2012 News worth sharing.
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Residents to see parking costs soar Zone shrinks. Area man Nice marketing, Winnipeg says move means fewer “There are so many people will choose to promotions saying come live downtown and live downtown shane Gibson
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Rex Masesar, 31, says changes to the residential parking zone boundary in Winnipeg’s downtown will prevent people from moving into the area. shane gibson/metro
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A man living in downtown Winnipeg who is losing his residential parking pass due to changes to parking zone boundaries is concerned the move might stop others from choosing to live downtown. The program allows people who live in high traffic zones like downtown or around hospitals to park without pumping money into a metre every hour with the purchase of a special $25-a-year pass. But a few of those zones — including the one where Rex Masesar lives on Donald Street just north of Broadway — were
right now, but once you get here we say, ‘By the way, you have to find parking for like, $130 bucks a month’—that’s not very enticing.” Rex Masesar
shrunk last August in an effort ensure more spots are open for people when they need them. Masesar, 31, wonders why a city trying to repopulate its downtown would take away parking options for those choosing to live there. “As a young professional I want to live and work downtown,” said Masesar, who’s taken advantage of the program for the last few months and will
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have to give up his pass next April. Colin Stewart of the Winnipeg Parking Authority said the changes had to be made to zones like the one Masesar lives in because it was so big and so many people fit into it that very few spots were open for nonresidents visiting the area. “We reduced some of (the boundaries) because there was some misuse,” said Stewart, explaining the large zone allowed people who didn’t necessarily live downtown to legitimately get a permit and use it to avoid paying to park while working downtown. Area councillor Jenny Gerbasi (Fort Rouge-East Fort Garry) said the changes are part of a broader city plan to make coming to the sports, hospitality, and entertainment district easier. “The whole thing is about having enough turnover (in parking) so people can attend events and utilize what’s happening downtown,” she said.
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