New parking rules have unfairly disrupted the daily lives of Burnaby residents, according to one man.
Cecil Scott, who lives in a low-rise apartment building on Fulton Avenue in Edmonds, said two-hour daytime parking limits were posted “out of the blue one day” a few months ago.
Since then, he said, finding a long-term parking spot has become a daily challenge, as he and his wife go to and from medical appointments.
While the on-street parking spaces directly in front of his building remain without restrictions, Scott said the handful of open spots fill up instantly when they become available. He said the time-limited spaces down the block have put pressure on those spots.
“The minute you move out of your parking space, it's gone,” he said.
Scott said the situation might force him to rent a parking space on his building’s property, but he’s not sure whether one is available and the $50 monthly fee will be a burden. And that parking fee is simply unaffordable for many of his neighbours in the same situation, he said.
The new rules were introduced in response to complaints from another group of people, according to the City of Burnaby’s assistant director of engineering for transportation services, Doug Louie.
He said businesses in the area complained that their customers had nowhere to park, especially since contractors working on the nearby Kings Crossing development moved into the area.
The parking restrictions prevent “all-day parking from employees or contractors or even residents, so that the commercial businesses have a chance of getting some of their customers to park there,” Louie said. “So we're just trying to manage the street.”
