Chinatown wants Saturday parking fees axed
Posted Jan 4, 2011 6:52 am.
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Businesses in Chinatown are banding together to try and get the city to axe Saturday parking fees.
The Alberta Chinese Community Congress has launched a petition to spur the city to allow free street parking on Saturdays, saying many businesses are being hurt by the $1.50 per hour fee.
One Chinatown merchant tells the Calgary Herald parking has killed his business and estimates street parking fees have caused a 70 per cent drop in business over the years.
But area Alderman Druh Farrell says Chinatown doesn’t have a parking problem and it needs an entire revitalization to draw more people into the area on weekends.
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