Parking in Whistler Headaches
Most locals not happy about the new Pay Parking in Whistler
Money grab or sound business? A lot of locals are upset over the overall parking increases and new pay parking enforcements that has taken place in Whistler last month. Known pay parking has doubled and new Pay Parking is going to be in effect in Parking Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 before the end of October. You guessed it, right before the Winter Olympics, 2010. But for us locals, what does this mean? It means that just stopping to get a slice of pizza or just picking up something quick is going to be more inconvenient. It means having to think ahead before stopping, having to have change on you at all times, or a credit card. I know a few locals have already signed petitions to fight the new parking implementations, I also know that the mayor is tickled pink that people are participating in their community because they are complaining about parking.
All I can tell you is that Whistler’s bread and butter is tourism, so more parking means more cash, and in these hard times more cash means survival for such small community such as Whistler.
