Dear Editor:
Re: Lions Gate Hospital Unveils Vision for New Care Tower, Feb. 17 news story.
It is wonderful that Lions Gate Hospital will get a new acute care facility. This is the first I have heard of it. I am hoping it is in the planning stages still and will include adequate affordable parking.
As one of many nearby residents of Lions Gate Hospital, we are invaded daily by employees parking in residential areas and blocking the streets for any other necessary usages.
Lions Gate Hospital increased parking costs so much so that employees retreat to residential areas. We have approached City of North Vancouver council, whose only help is to charge residents to park in their own neighbourhood. They are punishing the wrong people. Public parking has become workplace parking.
The hospital administration has done nothing to help either. Several people on our street have moved, partly as a result of the constant struggle for street access for service providers like maintenance and repair, lawn mowing, etc.
To hospital administrators: Please make sure you have enough parking for all staff, at an affordable price. Please consult with your staff and union to ensure this is provided.
The destruction and invasion of neighbourhoods is much more prevalent than you could consider.
Glenys Stuart
North Vancouver
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