Leamington Seeks Public Input On Proposed Changes To Uptown Parking

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Leamington is looking for feedback on draft recommendations to improve parking in Uptown Leamington.

The proposed changes include an increase free parking in municipal parking lots to nine hours which may encourage employees and business owners to park in those lots rather than on-street, free parking between 6pm and 8am to facilitate longer parking for persons who may attend Uptown for evening dining and movies.

It will include no re-parking provisions during “business hours” to discourage space jumping on-street. Such provisions prohibit re-parking a vehicle at another on-street location in the Uptown for a period of 5 hours from the start of the initial period of having parked the vehicle on-street.

It would also include during “business hours” decrease free on-street parking to 30 minutes within one block of the intersection of Talbot and Erie Streets which may encourage the use of the parking lots and increase traffic flow, yet still provide time for customers to make quick shopping stops. Two hour free parking for longer shopping trips in the balance of the Uptown area would be maintained.

Several open houses are planned:

• Wednesday, March 30th, 2016 from 2pm to 4pm at the Leamington Municipal Building
• Thursday, March 31st, 2016 from 2pm to 4pm at the Leamington Arts Centre
• Wednesday, April 6th, 2016 from 5pm to 7pm at the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex

If you can’t make it to any of the open houses, you can fill out our short online survey here.