NO PARKING-Why is the City denying visitors access to High Park?

As of August this year, the city is proposing to reduce the parking spaces in High Park by 60%  from 562 to 227 which will have a negative effect on the High Park area in general.  Visitor parking adjacent to the park is minimal, and parking on the local roads is already above capacity.

West Road will lose 105 spots on the east side, leaving no parking spaces for the Playground, Splash Pad, sports fields and nature trails, Colborne Lodge Drive will lose 154 spaces, all on the west side from Bloor to the Restaurant leaving only 48 on the east side for the Allotment Gardens, Dogs Off Leash area, pool, tennis courts, theatre and all visitors who want to picnic, enjoy the gardens and nature.  The Restaurant Parking area will be reduced from 130 to only 96 spots, the Zoo parking lot will be reduced from 73 to 62 and Spring Road will remain at 21.  A total loss 0f 335 spaces, leaving only 227 parking spaces, and Paid Parking will be introduced….

Only 227 parking spaces in a park that hosts over a million visitors a year…  

                     KEEP the 562 Parking spaces with increased Disability Spaces. 

Write/Email Councillor_perks@toronto.ca and Mayor_Chow@toronto.ca or your Councillor.

And SIGN THE PETITION : www.change.org/equalaccess-highpark