Montreal extends hours for downtown parking meters

3 months ago 2 min read

Starting Nov. 15, parking meter hours will likely be prolonged in 5 sectors of downtown in an effort to “optimize on-street parking administration within the metropolis centre and help industrial vitality and mobility on this key space,” the Metropolis of Montreal introduced Friday.

Motorists within the focused sectors must pay for metered parking between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. weekdays and from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturdays.

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The hours for metered parking on Sunday stay unchanged, from 1 p.m. to six p.m.

In an announcement, town stated the choice was taken “after discussions with (our) companions.”

It famous that discussions additionally led town to increase the time restrict for a automobile to stay at a metered parking house from three hours to 5 hours so as “to permit clients to take full benefit of their actions.”

The sectors topic to the brand new metered parking hours are contained inside:

Man St. / Sherbrooke St. W. / Parc Ave. / René-Lévesque Blvd.
Man St. / René-Lévesque Blvd. W. / St-Hubert St. / St-Antoine and St-Jacques Sts.
St-Laurent Blvd. / Sherbrooke St. W. / St-Hubert St. / René-Lévesque Blvd.
Robert Bourassa Blvd. / St-Antoine St. / de la Commune St.
Parc Ave. / Sherbrooke St. W. / St-Laurent Blvd. / René-Lévesque Blvd.

Starting this month, stickers indicating the brand new hours will likely be positioned on meters within the designated sectors, together with notices that the brand new hours don’t go in impact till Nov. 15.

Sophie Mauzerolle, the chief committee member accountable for transportation and mobility, stated the extension of the parking meter hours “will (be) extra according to the working hours of various companies and cultural establishments and goals not solely at growing parking turnover, but in addition the supply of on-street parking.”

The modifications have been praised by an environmental group.

The Conseil régional de l’environnement de Montréal (CRE-Montréal) stated town ought to make related modifications in all industrial districts.

“Adjusting parking meter costs and hours in keeping with provide and demand is what should be accomplished in all places in Montreal to ensure that there’s optimum site visitors,” stated Blaise Rémillard, CRE-Montréal’s spokesperson on mobility and concrete planning points.

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