Caniff city parking lot is now closed for repaving

The rebuilding of the city-owned parking on Caniff and McDougall began this week. The project is expected to be completed by the end of June. In the meantime, good luck trying to find somewhere to park in the area.

 

By Charles Sercombe
Caniff just got more traffic congestion.
The city parking lot on Caniff and McDougall has been ripped up, and is now being primed for new pavement – along with the installation of high-tech parking meters.
In other words, no more free parking.
The project is expected to be completed by June 30, said City Manager Kathy Angerer. The lot will be repaved with asphalt.
The parking lot repair is being done in conjunction with the repaving of the following alleys:
• West of Jos Campau between Belmont St. and Yemans St.
• West of Conant between Trowbridge St. and Belmont St.
• West of Conant between Belmont St. and Yemans St.
• West of Conant between Yemans St. and Evaline St.
The city allocated $500,000 for this year’s alley repairs, but the bid for the work came in around $440,000, and it is being done by Great Lakes Contracting Solutions.
The alley repair project was expanded by city council to include the city parking lot – a lot which serves the central Jos. Campau business area, as well as businesses on Caniff. It has long been in disrepair, with dozens of potholes.
In the past, the city has periodically patched the potholes, but the patching usually got washed away during rains.

At the same time the parking lot is being repaved, Caniff is being torn up and replaced, from the I-75 service drive to Jos. Campau.
That project will take most of the summer to complete, and is being paid for through federal financing.
Posted May 7, 2021

2 Responses to Caniff city parking lot is now closed for repaving

  1. Nasr

    May 7, 2021 at 11:39 pm

    I would love to see how much income/loss will be generated by the new parking system and also see a copy of the contract with the managing company.
    I predict that there will be a lot of surprises there, as is usual with our city contracts, taking into consideration that our mayor anc council probably don’t read contracts they vote on.

  2. Zef

    May 10, 2021 at 2:20 pm

    Get all the work done or started before the bankruptcy filing!

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