Another petition from the residents of the Fairway Green condominium development at the corner of Fairway and Goldstream avenues has finally resulted in a possible change to the parking situation near one of LangfordB次元官网网址檚 major thoroughfares.
Fairway Green had issued a request to council in February of 2011 to adjust the parking near the intersection to create commercial parking designated exclusively for the facility, or limited-time public parking. Langford council took no action at that time.
Now, it seems, based on the recommendation from the cityB次元官网网址檚 transportation and public works committee, Fairway Green residents might get their way.
Council was to consider the recommendation from the committee on Monday night (after the GazetteB次元官网网址檚 press deadline) to have city staff install new parking signage at an approximate cost of $1,500, plus a estimated $78 for annual maintenance. The proposed changes call for a maximum of two-hour parking, Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the parking scallops on the north and west sides of Fairway Avenue at Goldstream.
The committee also recommended instructing city staff to re-grade the Fairway Avenue shoulder at an approximate cost of $2,000, to be funded through the Small Road Improvements budget, and change the parking restrictions from the existing B次元官网网址淣o ParkingB次元官网网址� restriction to the time-limited condition set out by those installed signs.
The parking restrictions are necessary, according to a petition from Fairway Green, because when VIHA (now known as Island Health) made the parking lot at The Priory care facility into a pay lot B次元官网网址� across the street and one block south on Goldstream Avenue from Fairway Green B次元官网网址� workers there began using the parking scallops fronting Fairway Green during business hours.
The committee recommendation stated the re-grading is required to accommodate the new parking allowances B次元官网网址� people currently park there, despite signs to the contrary from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. B次元官网网址� and to keep the shoulder from getting B次元官网网址渕essy with mud and organic debris during the wet months.B次元官网网址�
If the recommendations are enacted, additional bylaw enforcement time would need to be added to the budget to patrol the area, at an amount not yet identified.
