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Lawrie Bowles found this pink slip on his vehicle last week warning him that free overnight parking in Tyee Plaza will not be tolerated. The Quadra resident works in town and is supportive of the plaza owners’ right to expect a reasonable fee for providing the space for commuters who want to cut down ferry costs.
Plaza to get into your car and drive to work is very convenient. But that free ride or, more correctly, free parking, may be coming
to a halt. “What we’re finding is that at midday, the parking lot, it’s full. There’s no room for clients of the mall to
park,” said Mary-Jean Jacobsen, Director of Property Management for the Tyee Plaza. “The tenants have asked us to be more stringent.”
By Monday, however, plaza management had softened their stance slightly, indicating they’re willing to
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When you finally find a vacant parking spot in Tyee Plaza it can feel like you’ve landed on the Monopoly board’s free parking space. Of course, there’s no jackpot coming your way, just a short walk to work, a shop or the Quadra ferry. But the management of the Tyee Plaza has served notice that it’s no longer going to serve as the free parking square in “Campbell Riveropoly,” beginning with vehicles parking overnight. Over the last couple of weeks, security personnel at the plaza have been papering windshields with a pink flyer warning that overnight parking at the plaza will no longer be tolerated starting May 4. For one Quadra Island commuter, Lawrie Bowles, that is an understandable but inconvenient development. “The owner of the Tyee Plaza has decided to go out and evict all the overnight parking,” Bowles said. “It’s been heavily used for years by Quadra people. For years.” Parking in the plaza has always been taken for granted by not only Quadra commuters but also Campbell River residents shopping or working downtown. Even though the city provides two free parking lots up against the bluff along Cedar and Dubeau streets, people still like to park in the Tyee Plaza because it is so central and convenient. If you live on Quadra Island, bringing a vehicle over can cost you $23.90, compared to $10.30 for the walk-on fare. Being able to walk off the ferry, cross the street to Tyee
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