Parking problems Library strike
At the Monday, November 28 council meeting,
Windsor City Council voted to evict existing retail
tenants at its Pelissier St. parking garage and add to
the number of parking spaces currently available at
the location.
The decision was met with fierce opposition. “It is
an irresponsible use of taxpayer dollars to pay
$500,000 for parking that is not needed and there is
no report to prove the demand. Therefore I am
extremely disappointed and I have lost confidence in
this council" said, Larry Horwitz, chairman of the
downtown BIA.
Whether to keep the ground floor commercial
space or convert it back to parking has been an item
of discussion for some time. At the November 28
meeting, multiple delegations, including real estate
and urban planning experts, argued in favour of
keeping the space available for commercial use. In
spite of the delegat