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Celebrate Canada Mark Canada’s 148th birthday at today’s big Sidney Days events
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Sidney will be conducting a parking study for the downtown core of the town and will explore its options.
Parking study sought Sidney to seek proposals to study local spaces Steven Heywood News staff
As pressure over parking starts to heat up this summer, the Town of Sidney is looking to spend $15,000 on a study of its space supply. Mayor Steve Price says the town council approved plans late last month to have the municipality find a contractor to study parking in the downtown core through a request for proposals process. The last parking study done in Sidney was in 2007 and indicated parking pressure at that time was sitting at 75 per cent occupancy. That report was updated in
2011 and focussed mainly on implementing more detailed considerations out of the 2007 study. Price said a new study would help determine current occupancy rates, noting that 85 per cent is generally considered at capacity, or full. The Town of Sidney is fielding public feedback on parking in the wake of a proposed commercial and residential project that is looking to buy the Town-owned public parking lot on 3rd Street. Sidney is also seeking grant money to plan for a large parking area south of the Mary Winspear Centre. Please see: Study could establish, page 2
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oday marks the nation’s 148th birthday and Sidney goes all out to celebrate. The 31st Sidney Days events take place throughout the day and include pancake breakfast, Canada Day parade down Beacon Avenue, a family fun fair in Iroquois Park, road hockey games, a dog lookalike contest and the popular Build-a-Boat Race. Events get under way at 8 a.m. today — the parade starts at 11:30 a.m. — with the family events and boat race running to 4:30 p.m. and a little bit beyond. For all of the event details, visit peninsulacelebrations.ca.
Wave the flag in celebration of Canada today. The Town of Sidney’s fireworks are always held the night before July 1.
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Roll with all the family fun in Sidney’s Iroquois Park.
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