Parking in Waterloo Region

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Are there any Ontario examples? That seems like a cost difference that's difficult (but not impossible) to ignore without a good reason.

There are. Here's an example from the University of Windsor:



Also do not underestimate the inertia of historical regulations. Steel park structures were, until rather recently, banned in France while being the preferred choice elsewhere in the EU.

p.s. additionally our preferred choice which is concrete has significantly underperformed specs and companies are making a fortune retrofitting old car park structures.