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Originally Posted by J.OT13
Which new buildings don't have parking? New Federal buildings are built and owned by the private sector, so they include parking as part of revenue generation anyway. I feel like the amount of parking per square feet has been reduced over the years (we will never see another Place de Ville type mega parking structure), but still provided.
I'm sure the new library parking will generate plenty of revenue as well. Not sure what the maintenance and administration costs are, but at $20 a day, I'm sure it will pay for itself within a few years.
What new library, or any new civic structure, doesn't have parking other than Calgary's new library? In the case of Calgary, it would have been exorbitantly expensive to build parking under an existing, active C-Train line. We don't have that problem.
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I guess I should have expressed myself more clearly. Most buildings have parking for sure but the idea that it's something that is guaranteed or reserved for federal employees is inaccurate.
If you work for the feds at Place de Ville or L'Esplanade Laurier or even Place du Portage, unless you are a very senior executive they don't say "here's your parking pass, the fee will come off your pay every month". You're often on your own to find a spot although in some cases if they are nice they may point you in the direction of the people who manage the parking garage.
Of course we are mostly talking about buildings owned by private companies that are leased by the feds.
In the case of the library building it won't be owned privately (AFAIK) and will be a municipal/federal public building.
All of which to say is that those parking spaces probably aren't LAC employee parking. They may not even be monthly and may be for day parking only for Myrtle and Vernon who are coming in from Stittsville to use the library.
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