02-08-2023, 08:37 PM
The credentials and brain power necessary to be a city councillor reach new lows:
Quote:Coun. Adam Cooper said he found the number of parking spaces per unit to be "incredibly low" despite the fact the Langs Drive property is in close proximity to major transit routes.
"Are we here to house people or are we kind of here to push ideologies of how people should be getting around," Cooper said, citing "a study done recently" that revealed 89 per cent of Waterloo region residents use their own vehicles in their daily lives despite their level of income. "I don't like to see barriers to housing."
The planning consultants for the project surveyed 11 affordable housing sites in the region's portfolio and found an average utilization rate for parking spaces of .36 per unit, said Douglas Stewart from IBI Group. "And some of those sites weren't as conveniently located as this one" within walking distance of two transit routes and a community centre.
"I'd be surprised that we needed more than .36 for this facility, in my professional opinion and your transportation professional opinion planning staff agrees," Stewart added.
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