sooo this was not planned out in advance?? The loss and lack of parking??/ Why is it when someone develops dntn, they are required to ensure parking is sufficient before it is ok’d??
Parking is and always been a problem at the hospital.

It seems that it is not only the City that is getting more and more stupid by the day.

I noticed driving down Edmonton Street yesterday that there was much more parking activity at the Northern Health building to the east of the hospital.

40 years ago the long range plan for the hospital “campus” was to build a flyover from the hospital across Edmonton St. to what was to become the Northern Health building.

Perhaps they can get together with the City to see whether it would make sense to close Edmonton St. so that the hospital entrance off 15th end up directly in the hospital grounds.

It is a fact that staff members starting work after 10:00 am are often late for work well waiting for someone to leave a parking stall so they may park. One consideration maybe to bus students training at UHNBC from CNC or UNBC. This would make more available parking stalls for visitors and the paid working staff. ( Just a thought)

Kinda like putting the cart before the horse. Build it and they will come attitude. I dread going to the hospital for anything due to lack of parking spaces. Maybe they have a deal with taxi companies… thinking if they plan this, people will use taxis to get there, hence creating more fares for taxi companies. Who knows

As a permanent solution a two or three story parking facility can be constructed in the area of the present parking lot complete with an elevator close to the main entrance or a covered walkway connected to the main building.

However, why think big?

So we have a loss of approx. 30 parking spaces for one year. With no realistic solution, other that to open up some new spaces on the Alward St., side of the facility when they complete tearing down the Nechako Centre.

So go to the hospital early so that you can cruise around waiting for someone to leave so you can get a space. There is already a parking problem at the hospital. This will just make it worse.

Hmmmmm.

Posted by: PrinceGeorge on January 11 2014 8:07 AM
As a permanent solution a two or three story parking facility can be constructed in the area of the present parking lot complete with an elevator close to the main entrance or a covered walkway connected to the main building.
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That would make too much sense although I’m sure if it came to fruition there would be some sort tax to fund it and parking would cost about $30/hr.

If you are healthy with no disabilities just park at the back of the Bay / staples lot and walk up. That’s where I park if I have to visit the hospital. Its really no further away then people park at the far side of the mall for Christmas shopping. Leave the main lot for people that need to park close.

Why are we building a new structure for this learning center when there is an entire floor of the hospital that is completely unoccupied? Parking at the hospital is a complete joke. I received a ticket while my wife was in labour. When I contacted the parking contractor, imperial parkings call center in Vancouver, I was told that I was not the one in labour & should have missed the birth of our son to renew my parking pass.

Same with me grimfaus. My ticket expired at 12:31pm. I came down after the baby was born to fill the meter again. I had a ticket that said 12:32pm. He must have been standing there waiting for my ticket to expire.

I agree the parking system at the hospital is ridiculous because you often don’t know how long you’re going to be there.

They should make their system like the airport’s long term parking lot. You take a ticket when you enter, and pay when you leave depending on how long you stayed. How hard would that be?

Posted by: JohnnyBelt on January 11 2014 10:14 AM
I agree the parking system at the hospital is ridiculous because you often don’t know how long you’re going to be there.

They should make their system like the airport’s long term parking lot. You take a ticket when you enter, and pay when you leave depending on how long you stayed. How hard would that be?
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That makes sense from the publics point of view but I highly doubt that Impark is going to want to give up all the money they receive from parking fines.

How parking is handled isn’t up to Impark, or shouldn’t be.

How about people park in the giant parkwood parking lot? You can spend the money you would have been fined by jimmy-rigging some spot on the street, on a coffee for your friend/family from second cup. Just a thought… It’s really not that far of a walk up the hill.

hahaha I am in no way affiliated with Second Cup BTW

Stillsmokin: Even taxis are told to ‘move along’ if they’ve been waiting for a fare to come out of the hospital.

Walking up the hill is fine and dandy in the summer but in the winter its a mess.

billposer: Ah but the fine enforcement is!
I don’t know why we should be giving our business to a multinational company anyway. Why not have a ‘Prince George’ business doing this?

I don’t have a problem with the people paying for using the lot, I just think it’s an easy fine generator because people are sometimes in there longer than they anticipate.

There was a story on the CBC about this not too long ago. PG is not alone with these hospital parking issues. Seems that many hospitals look at parking fines as a revenue generator.

I was parking at Parkwood mall a few years ago and walking to the hospital but they told me I would be towed if I kept it up.

How about that phone booth of a medical lab at the Phoenix Medical Building? Ain’t that a pip? Think big? Not in this ‘burg. City Hall and Northern Health with no comprehension. Suffice to say that this ain’t no bus town.

In Calgary, at the Peter Lougheed Hospital, there are some metered spots and then a parking lot where you grab a time ticket as you enter. When you leave you put the ticket in the machine and it tells you how much you owe. It is a maximum of $13.00 for 24 hours.

If you happen to be longer than 24 hours, you can get a ticket from the hospital (no charge) to let you out of the parking lot, again, at no charge. I think it is a very fair system. Last summer I parked in the metered spots to go to ER. I ended up in the hospital for 7 weeks, and with some communication with the people that run the parking, all fines were canceled.