Extended paid parking hours shelved throughout the summer in Montreal – Montreal | 24CA News
After backlash, new paid parking hours in Montreal’s downtown core are formally on ice till a minimum of the top of the summer season.
Mayor Valérie Plante mentioned the town is in dialogue with companions over its plan to increase the instances for paid parking meters as of late April, however it was in the end paused.
“What we’re getting the most is ‘You caught us off guard,’” she instructed reporters Wednesday. “That’s why I think the strategy was wrong because we didn’t give them predictability.”
Under the plan, the paid hours at some parking meters could be as follows: 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturdays and 9 a.m. to six p.m. on Sundays.
It’s a slight change from the present hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday by means of Friday, 9 a.m. to six p.m. on Saturdays and 1 p.m. to six p.m. on Sundays.
Plante mentioned she’s open to different recommendations on the subject of extending paid parking hours, however for now “we don’t want to rush into anything because we already did that.”
The delay comes after opposition social gathering Ensemble Montréal Leader Aref Salem accused the Plante administration of making an attempt to “pull a fast one on Montrealers.” Earlier this week, Salem mentioned the schedule for parking meters was buried in additional than 1,800 pages of budgetary paperwork printed final December.
— with information from Global’s Elizabeth Zogalis
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