Former Mayor Ivan Court disputes the description of the new parking garage at Peel Plaza as a white elephant.
Court says the province agreed to spend more than 6 million dollars for 200 or so spaces in the parking garage and then lease them for 30 years. They were to be used by the people who work at the Peel Plaza courthouse.
Court says it’s too early to write it off because there’s also the possibility of building condos on top of the parking garage.
He goes on to say the parking garage was seen as one of the anchors that could lead to the revitalisation of Union Street which is in pretty rough shape these days.
