Granite Curling Club gets say on parking before development

The Manitoba Municipal Board has ruled that the city must work with the Granite Curling Club to come up with an “adequate” parking plan before a development proposal for an affordable-housing building next door is approved.

In a 48-page decision released Friday, the board said it accepts that parking is needed to keep the club afloat. It encourages the City of Winnipeg and the club “to find accessible, adequate and ongoing parking” to replace any spots that would be lost through the construction of the 111-unit building on municipal-owned land before a development plan is issued by the city.

The curling club had argued if the development goes ahead, it would lose 45 of its 80 parking spots and would no longer be financially viable.