Editor:
I’ve been reading the NOW’s columns for a while about street parking woes in Burnaby and I’m finally mad enough to write you about what’s going on in our Brentwood neighbourhood.
We live north of the big mall and our streets are narrow. It’s hard to get by when someone is coming in the opposite direction because if people are parked on both sides of the street then there is really only room for one vehicle.
That can’t be fixed but what can is for the City of Burnaby to do something about our neighbour who parks his entire car collection on the street.
It’s a whole bunch of old, ugly Cadillacs that he parks on the street for months at a time. Some of them have had flat tires. They just sit there day after day sucking up all of the street parking for residents who have friends and family over.
The street parking is for regular use and not vintage car storage. If this person wants to store their vehicles, then go rent some space somewhere else because we’re all kind of sick of the situation.
I read about people getting ticketed in Burnaby for parking more than a few hours on some streets and this person is allowed to just park these vehicles for months at a time.
The city needs to do something about this.
Some people rent in the area but their landlords don’t have enough parking in the back and so they must park on the street. It’s not fair to them either to not be able to park on the street without having to walk so far because this person is clogging up the parking.
J. Wilson, Burnaby
