‘No reason’ for 4-block Broadway Subway construction parking restriction, says shop owner
Global News
The Dance Shop owner David Evans says the lack of parking is causing unnecessary problems and it shouldn't be restricted on his block when there's no construction.
Standing outside his Vancouver store at Broadway and Spruce, The Dance Shop owner David Evans points out all the no-parking signs over the meters along the street.
The signs went up when work began on the Broadway Subway construction and prevent parking along the stretch of road for blocks, but there is no construction outside Evan’s shop.
The tunnel-boring beneath his feet hasn’t disrupted his business, but Evans says the lack of parking is causing unnecessary problems and it shouldn’t be restricted on his block when there’s no construction.
“We are passed the construction and there’s no more construction for four more blocks down and there’s absolutely no reason for there to still be no parking in this particular block or the next two blocks,” he said, adding sales have slumped to levels he hasn’t seen since the start of the pandemic in 2020.
“We’re a destination business… We’re told by our customers that they’re not coming because of parking.”
Evans says when he went to the City of Vancouver, he was sent to multiple different departments but was unsuccessful in getting someone to come see the street and reinstate the parking.
“They weren’t really all that interested ,to be honest,” he said.
The province is leading the subway project and says parking was initially removed to make sure buses and emergency vehicles were given priority.
