City OKs accessible parking permit pilot program
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Winnipeg city hall is moving head with a 12-month pilot program that will allow a select few participants with accessibility issues to have unlimited parking in portions of the Exchange District.
Council voted 15-1 Thursday to approve the plan, even though local advocate organizations for persons with disabilities weren’t in favour.
The Winnipeg Parking Authority made the proposal based on a recommendation from the city’s accessibility advisory committee. The study will allow motorists with valid accessible parking permits — and a separate pilot program permit — to park in defined areas adjacent to city hall beyond the posted two-hour time limit.
While there are almost 45,000 Winnipeg residents with valid accessible parking permits, only 40 individuals be allowed to participate in the pilot program.
Coun. Jeff Browaty voted against the plan, telling councillors there is limited parking in the east and west Exchange districts already and he was concerned the impact on area businesses from allowing unlimited parking.
Spokesmen for two local accessibility organizations had previously questioned the need for the pilot study, saying the need for unlimited parking had never been raised as an issue for their members.
Charleswood name game
The Charleswood-area ward has been renamed — again.
Councillors unanimously approved a bylaw for a name change for the Charleswood-Tuxedo ward. It will now be called Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood.
The name change was prompted by rookie Coun. Kevin Klein, who had made it an issue during the 2018 election.
The ward was long-known as Charleswood-Tuxedo, until then-councillor Marty Morantz got it changed to Charleswood-Tuxedo-Whyte Ridge following the 2014 election.
The ward boundaries review commission changed it back to Charleswood-Tuxedo for the 2018 election after the riding was expanded northward across the Assiniboine River and took in portions of the former St. Charles ward, including the Westwood neighbourhood. It lost the Whyte Ridge neighbourhood, which was moved into the new ward of Waverley West.
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