Margaret Romaine isn’t the only one not happy with parking at new seniors centre (Gazette, May 10).
The new centre is busy with lots of programs and parking is always at a premium. My frustration is with city employees who park on the promenade rather than using the designated parking stalls in the lot between the curling rink and the seniors’ centre. I assume it is to avoid the extra steps it would take to get to city hall. A recent Thursday saw 11 of the 16 vehicles parked on the promenade were displaying city employee tags which means those spaces would be taken up all day.
At the same time, several stalls in the employee parking area were empty. I noticed the same thing in the parking area across from St. Albert Place, although most stalls there were full, no doubt because the walk to city hall was shorter.
Citizens get a ticket if they park in empty employee stalls. Perhaps employees should get a ticket if they don’t park in their designated area and take spaces that could be used by the seniors.
Lynn Redekopp, St. Albert
