Report recommends adding angle-parking to more streets

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Angled parking, once the domain of sleepy-eyed, one-light towns, is making a comeback in Winnipeg.

An administrative report to next week’s public works committee meeting is recommending that backed-in angle parking on one side of Bannatyne Avenue in the Exchange be made permanent and the concept expanded to other nearby streets.

“The new back-in, angled parking on Bannatyne is a better fit for residents, businesses, and visitors alike, and we would like to thank the businesses and residents of the Exchange District for their patience, participation, and feedback as this recent pilot helped us to improve parking in the area,” said area Coun. Mike Pagtakhan.

Pagtakhan (Point Douglas) said the return to angled-parking creates more on-street parking spaces, which is important as the popularity of the Exchange District as a shopping, dining and entertainment destination continues to grow.

City hall has been testing back-in, angled parking on the south side of Bannatyne Avenue between Rorie Street and Waterfront Drive since July 2017 in a bid to create more parking on the street. By changing the parallel parking stalls to back-in, angled parking, 10 additional parking stalls were added to that section of Bannatyne.

To facilitate the change in parking approaches, that stretch of Bannatyne was converted into a one-way street.

An administrative report to the Feb. 27 meeting states that public reaction to the new-old-style parking has been generally positive with little impact on street traffic.

The public works department is recommending McDermot Avenue from Waterfront Drive to Rorie Street for conversion into one-way east-bound with back-in, angled parking this year. The report states this would add nine additional on-street parking spaces.

The department is also considering expanding the back-in, angled parking to other Exchange District streets, the report states, to compensate for the loss of on-street parking that resulted from the construction of protected bike lanes along McDermot and Bannatyne avenues during the summer of 2017.

With the construction of protected bike lanes along McDermot and Bannatyne Avenues this summer as part of the West Alexander to East Exchange Corridor project, and other bike lane projects in the vicinity, the public service is also looking at adding back-in, angled parking in a number of other locations throughout the Exchange to offset some loss of parking spots due to these projects.

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