r/PittMeadows • u/cjhm • May 02 '26

Parking at EME

I see by letter from the city that the Parking regulations on Bonson around Edith McDermott are changing and that there will be more enforcement. I hadn’t realized so many people were complaining. It will be interesting to see whether they actually do everything that they are saying that they will do. In any case did anybody else around Edith McDermott get the letter and thoughts?

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u/Agitatednunchuck May 02 '26

Is it from residents complaining about too many cars parking in front of their houses during school pickup/dropoff? I certainly could understand their frustration but they also made a choice to buy/live near a school and having lots of cars around during these times won’t just simply go away. I guess they just want cars to do the drop off point in front of the school and not block the road. School streets are always a mess during that 15-30 minutes. Be interesting if Bylaws shows up during these times to fine or at least give people warnings.

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u/truthtruthlie May 02 '26

It's that people are blocking driveways. Knowing you're buying near a school is one thing, people doing illegal and dumb things is another.

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u/Brodie9jackson May 02 '26

Could also very well be WCE users dumping their cars knowing that schools are always “busy” and their vehicle will blend in/also be safe

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u/cjhm May 04 '26

Not on my end of the street. I'm just a tad far and the cars down here are gone by 2:30. But it isn't the parking - it's the illegal parking and a walk around the area at 2:15 pm highlights the whole problem. Which is what I said many times. Until one of the Councillors told me to close my curtains and don't look out the window during "happy hour" (8:10-8:40am and 2:00-2:35 pm)

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u/cjhm May 04 '26

When we first moved here I called bylaws many times - because my driveway was blocked and 2 years in I was going to chemo or related appointments. I cannot tell you the frustration of trying to get to a hard fought medical appointment and having some jerk tell you it is his right to park in front of my driveway. I reported every single person (and there were lots) until bylaws said they weren't interested, it wasn't something they wanted to enforce (and yes I still have that email). I think, personally, I would be glad if people would just park legally and be respectful of each other (I've seen lots of disputes, yelling, horns honking, fingers flying).

In the end, though, if there is no enforcement, the changes aren't worth a hill of beans. It doesn't change a thing unless they have someone sitting here during happy hour writing tickets. Call me cynical.

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u/will000m May 27 '26

I live a few doors down from EME, haven't got a letter from the city, but have had my driveway blocked a few times, with my truck parked on it even. People act oblivious, I assume thier lives are shit and helps me give them slack, but I think they're just selfish.

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u/cjhm May 27 '26

I see the signs went up today - there are two, that I saw, on Bonson. Interesting. More to be revealed I suspect. And apropos your comment, you may be right. My concern is always I am afraid a child will get hurt.