Parking: A Consistent and Persistent Problem for the City

By Gazette Staff

May 28th, 2026

BURLINGTON, ON

Parking, it is a consistent and persistent problem for the city.  Merchants want space for their staff, and residents want to be able to park their car when they are shopping or dining downtown.

The Burlington Downtown Business Association (BDBA) presented city Council with a petition signed by 60 people. The 60 signatures from the 400 plus members of the BDBA must have been disappointing.  Especially given the notices that were sent out to the membership.

We, the undersigned, AGREE that public parking supply Downtown has not kept pace with development pressures.

New mobility initiatives designed to move patrons around our Downtown are welcomed, and in process, BUT parking is CRITICAL to the health of our business community, and it must be delivered now.

We support the BDBA’s demand to deliver NEW public parking by 2030. We STRONGLY encourage City Council to approve a plan that will deliver a new parking facility as a short-term priority.

The step the BDBA wanted taken was the approval of funding for a study that would determine where parking could be located east of Brant and who would provide the space.