Editor:
Is it just me or is the parking at the New Westminster SkyTrain Station discouraging shoppers accessing any of the shops, theatre or banks.
Imperial Parking Canada Corporation (Impark) controls the parking and has a base rate of $2 when, in actual fact, it works out to in excess of $3 when purchased for one hour.
I have difficulty paying $3.25 for 10-minute access to a bank machine. The alternative to paying this amount is to run in and risk a ridiculous parking notice of $89.25 or the reduced rate of $78.75 if paid within five days.
Apart from the fact the amounts are visibly odd, how can they justify those sums?
Having spoken to some of the tenants regarding parking, they all question the parking rates and challenge the signage of $2 for one hour when the actual cost is over $3.
When the cost was $2, Safeway and the theatre refunded that amount. That ceased with the inflated rate of $3.25. I realize that this is private property parking, but surely a fairer system can be incorporated that will benefit anyone accessing this complex.
Neil MacKay, New Westminster
