Ontario taxpayers will spend $200 million on a new parking garage at Ontario Place, but the government says it will quickly generate tens of millions of dollars in annual revenue.
As uninspiring and dystopian as a parking lot is, I think in this particular place we’re at, it can be helpful. There’s lots of car traffic by the lakefront after people exit the highway, and instead of them trying to drive up the narrow streets looking for parking at various residences and roadsides they can now leave their car here and potentially take public transport for any further uptown activities. It might help relieve some congestion and it’s owned by the government of Ontario so the profit it generates can be helpful. I’m not a fan of the whole Ontario Place debacle and the 99 year lease for a spa, but I can see the upside of this one. Or maybe I’m just overdosing on copium because there’s nothing I can do to keep DoFo’s meddling fingers out of Toronto.
As uninspiring and dystopian as a parking lot is, I think in this particular place we’re at, it can be helpful. There’s lots of car traffic by the lakefront after people exit the highway, and instead of them trying to drive up the narrow streets looking for parking at various residences and roadsides they can now leave their car here and potentially take public transport for any further uptown activities. It might help relieve some congestion and it’s owned by the government of Ontario so the profit it generates can be helpful. I’m not a fan of the whole Ontario Place debacle and the 99 year lease for a spa, but I can see the upside of this one. Or maybe I’m just overdosing on copium because there’s nothing I can do to keep DoFo’s meddling fingers out of Toronto.
I appreciate your optimism.