New Development ‘Crowds’ Library Parking Lot
New library parking entrance on 10th Avenue pushed closer to Patricia Blvd
Prince George, BC – It has never been the easiest of parking lots, but the ‘next door’ hotel development has put a new curve, literally, into the underground stalls at the public library.
Site preparation work for a new $35-million dollar, four star Delta Hotel on the former RCMP parking lot adjacent has forced the closure of the library’s original entrance. The new one is just metres in from the corner of 10th Avenue and Patricia Boulevard and has gone through what used to be a grassy hill.
The Library’s Communications Coordinator, Andrea Palmer, admits the situation is a little tricky right now, but says library staff have been assured yellow dividing lines will be painted any day now…making the situation a little clearer.
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Would it not be great if we could all see what the final layout will be as a result of the “street closure”?
Surely City Hall has a plan for all this and is not working by the seat of their pants.
Then again, why should our City keep the people who live in this city informed of their environment?
Is the small leg of 10th at the library still a “street” or is it actually now part of the library complex and solely for access to the library? Looks like during construction it is also access to the construction site which may complicate traffic there for a while.
Will that access to the hotel site remain?
Will that access link up with the access which was stubbed out from the access to the Civic Plaza from 9th? If so, and it looks that way from the promotional image of the hotel, will that be a public right of way or one which is internal to the hotel or internal to the Civic Plaza buildings?
Sorry, the City fails again in its communication to the citizens.
Who is in charge of such communication these days. Revolving seats?
Looks like the entire road from Patricia to Brunswick is closed according to the drawing attached.
http://princegeorge.ca/cityhall/mayorcouncil/councilagendasminutes/Agendas/2012/2012_05_28/documents/BL8397_rpt.pdf
So, given that the road is closed, has it all been sold to the new development or is a portion being retained by the city to allow access to the Library? Or is the Library access located to the north of the previous road ROW?
Another piece of the puzzle
http://princegeorge.ca/cityhall/committees/adp/Documents/ACDD_Minutes_2012_04_24_EDITS.pdf
Looks like the closure will have a joint access agreement with Library and Hotel and that the access includes access to underground hotel parking which is noted in an earlier submission to be an “uninhabited” space below the 200 year flood plain.
As some people know, the reason why the library is sitting on such high columns is that it is designed to take a second level of parking.
I assume that provision is no longer open for consideration with the revised space restriction of the new access.
Again inquiring minds, who have some level of past recollection of how public buildings were being planned and developed, have an interest in being kept up to date on those changes taking place.
It is not as if that part of the City has tons of parking.
Maybe we need to take some of the gravel out of Connaught Hill and put in a parking structure at the base of the hill with a pedestrian funicular to the top.
Funny how this all got through without much public consultation at all it seems. Its the first I have heard of 10th Ave being sold. Can a city actually sell a portion of a street?
I also wonder when exactly this meeting took place since the date was changed. Several unanswered questions there. But they approved it anyway?
When i asked about pedestrian access ot th elibray during this time the city staffer was evasive, saying it would still be possible to bwalk to the library but providing no details of how or where…
….sell a portion of a street…? Would that include the sewer and water pipes below, not to mention electrical and/or gas lines? Or would that be the city’s ongoing responsibility? Maybe Prince George should “sell” all our streets and force the new owners to keep them smooth and pot hole free or have them repossessed by the city in the sales contract. Would be a first.
Thirty five million fo a hotel? And the new police digs cost $42 million or was it 52?
Cheers
the “new” access to the library will be a tight fit for large vehicles ie. fire apparatus– i bet a private project would be denied if it did not have a secondary access
Something ain’t right about this.
Signage for the new entrance to the Library’s underground parade is not clearly visible to the general public. Drove there the other day and I almost left thinking access to the library was closed because of the new townhouse development.
Sorry I meant Parkade not parade and hotel not townhouse
Signage for the new entrance to the Library’s underground parade is not clearly visible to the general public. Drove there the other day and I almost left thinking access to the library was closed because of the new townhouse development.
The “grassy knoll” near the “book registry” has been removed.
I sense that a conspiracy is afoot.
metalman.
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