Paid Saturday parking for downtown overturned by Halifax budget committee
Halifax’s budget committee has decided to overturn its prior decision to implement paid parking in downtown areas on Saturdays after pushback from a number of businesses and associations., the committee voted to begin charging $2 per hour for parking in the downtown Halifax and Dartmouth areas on Saturdays.
But after hearing from a dozen speakers Tuesday afternoon, most of whom spoke out against the plan, the committee voted to rescind the prior motion.
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