Montreal extends paid parking hours in most of downtown core
CBC
The city is extending the paid parking hours in a large chunk of the Old Port and downtown Montreal, forcing drivers who park on the street in those areas to feed the meter until 11 p.m., from Monday to Saturday.
The paid times for those spots are currently 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. from Monday to Friday and 9 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays.
Here are the new paid parking hours taking effect on Nov. 15:
Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Sunday: No change, hours will remain between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.
You can check out the map below to see which areas will be affected by the changes.
Sophie Mauzerolle, the executive committee member responsible for transport and mobility said in a statement Friday that the extension of the paid parking hours will be "more in line with the opening hours of the various businesses and cultural institutions and aims not only to increase turnover, but also the availability of on-street parking spaces."
The city had previously attempted to extend the paid parking hours in the Old Port, but backtracked after receiving backlash. Mauzerolle said at the time that the new parking rules were not supposed to be applied before Montreal consulted merchants' associations.
This time, she said in the statement, they "took the time to meet with our downtown partners to present the objectives of these new measures and to listen to their comments."
The changes to the parking rules also include an extension of the time a car can remain parked in a single spot from three hours to five hours.
The exact area targeted by the parking changes include some of the city's busiest tourist areas in and around the Old Port.
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