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Bill Stevenson of Regina writes:

Last night (Jan. 10) I attended the meeting set up by the North Central Community Association to discuss the City of Regina’s plans for parking around the new stadium during events. Like many others, I walked away feeling as though the city was pitting the neighbourhoods of North Central, McNabb and Cathedral against each other in their own version of The Parking Games — where the odds are not in our favour.

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At the heart of the problem is that the local residents feel they will lose the ability to park in front of their homes during stadium events — as the City of Regina will not be issuing resident parking permits anymore, thus allowing anyone from anywhere to park on any street during any stadium event. The city presenter kept a narrow focus on each community coming up with an acceptable plan to present to city council for consideration, but if the neighbourhoods could not agree, then what was going to be in place would be put in place. Meaning whatever plan city hall already has will be used.