03-20-2022, 04:08 PM
Given that some developers (looking at you, 8 Queen) have decided that it is more cost effective to compel new owners to rent parking space elsewhere rather than build parking in their own developments, I don't think that it will be any easy sell to encourage them to build more parking. You *might* be able able to convince a developer to build on a public lot with a condition that the City funds the parking garage component while the developer stacks a condo tower one top. I could imagine that a developer might suggest that in this scenario, they should not be on the hook for building a parking garage, since their tenants can simply rent the parking spaces in the public garage.
As for UWaterloo's lack of a parking structure, I doubt that there is any kind of funding available for a parking structure within their current funding model. Ontario Government funding is typically tied to new buildings, not basic infrastructure or maintenance.
I guess returning to the 1970s one-way Duke St (with the reverse one-way Charles to match) could preserve those parking spaces. Or maybe there is another creative solution out there.
As for UWaterloo's lack of a parking structure, I doubt that there is any kind of funding available for a parking structure within their current funding model. Ontario Government funding is typically tied to new buildings, not basic infrastructure or maintenance.
I guess returning to the 1970s one-way Duke St (with the reverse one-way Charles to match) could preserve those parking spaces. Or maybe there is another creative solution out there.