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Downtown parking

An open letter to the City of Kelowna.

Despite the ample downtown Kelowna parking that your website purports, the truth is very, very, different.

Are you aware that there is no monthly parking available downtown, and that there are dozens of people on wait lists for such parking? 

Are you aware that those with parking passes cannot leave their spots during the day or they will have no parking available when they return?

Further,  are you aware that there are 80+ new CRA staff moving into the downtown core in February?  As a person who works downtown and cannot begin work before 8:45 am, I am likely to not be able to find any parking at all (and all metered parking is likely to be filled by people who work downtown).  

Because of a lack of planning on your part, I am having to look at shortening my hours (eliminating spending money for my family in Kelowna) so that I am able to illegally park somewhere else in order to take a bus downtown (Kelowna has no park and ride lots at all), and ultimately look for employment outside of downtown to avoid the stress, wasted energy, and expense.  

There are many people in my position. What will happen when we cannot get to work, not to mention when no one can shop down here as there is literally nowhere to park?  This is a huge problem for downtown, and it cannot wait for late this fall for when the new parkade is scheduled to open, at least 6 months from now. The damage will have been done by then.  What is being done now to rectify this situation and prevent significant negative impact on downtown businesses, the people who work there, and the public's views on coming downtown?

Audra Boudreau 



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