CFB Halifax Parking & Transportation

[rkannegi]

I have heard, officially, that CFB Halifax Base Command has announced that, as of 21 December 2013 at 0001 hours (12:00 AM), all seniority requirements for General Parking within all seniority-restricted parts of CFB Halifax (Stadacona and Dockyard) will be ABOLISHED. The only requirement for General Parking after that time will be that anyone parking in a General Parking spot must be working for the Department of National Defence. Those who have paid Reserved Parking spots will continue to have their paid Reserved Parking spots.

General Parking continues to be free of charge at this time, although the Base is investigating the feasibility of a paid parking system, on sections of the Base where it may be applicable, and what type of paid parking system would be used if paid General Parking is found to be feasible in applicable areas of CFB Halifax.

For myself, I have no problem for paying a fee for parking infrastructure expansion if I require parking in any expanded parking infrastructure within Stadacona and Dockyard, since there's no such thing as a "Free Lunch" (aside from any operationally required parking for those who have a daily operational requirement for parking, which would and should still be free of charge).

Also, I have heard that CFB Halifax is in discussions with Metro Transit on improving Metro Transit service to and from CFB Halifax for DND commuters.

From what I see, there is a very good chance that Dockyard and Stadacona parking in the New Year of 2014 will be filled to capacity, with overflow spilling onto nearby sections of city streets that do not have parking limitations or restrictions (like the overflow that already happens).

Either way, I'm glad that the feudalistic parking seniority restrictions in the Stadacona and Dockyard sections of CFB Halifax are being abolished.

The current Parking Seniority requirements for CFB Halifax are as follows (to be abolished on 21 December 2013):

12 years of service required for Lots A,B and C of HMC Dockyard;
14 years of service for the rest of HMC Dockyard;
13 years of service for Stadacona;
No seniority requirements for the rest of CFB Halifax outside of HMC Dockyard and Stadacona, where the only requirement for areas outside of Stadacona and Dockyard is that parking is for doing business with or working for DND.

Car pools and personnel with operational requirements for daily commuter parking, such as working partially or completely outside of normal daytime hours of about 6AM to 6PM, including those with temporary parking passes for duty watches, were always exempted from the seniority restrictions mentioned above.

Visitor Parking time limits and NO PARKING/NO STOPPING zones will be strictly enforced to ensure parking turnover and fire/emergency lane clearance respectively.

Cheers,

Richard Kannegiesser