THUNDER BAY — City of Thunder Bay parking issues continue to be contentious among business operators and the general public.
"Several groups wanted to buy the parkades and keep them for their employees, as well as to rent it out to other organizations, and still have parking available for the public," Ruberto said. "The public doesn't park in the parkades. They very rarely do," he said. "Most people say they're afraid and don't want to go in there."
"Council should ask what's best for the city as a whole and they have to look at every single option," he said. This reflects a total capital infrastructure investment for the Parking Authority that is expected to be $14.5 million from 2024 to 2033 and includes projected costs to maintain the parkades.
"They agreed that the highest cost of the operating budget is the maintenance of the underutilized parkades," Garofalo said.