Dear Editor:
I am revisiting the unsavoury situation of having to pay to park at the Trailside Medical Centre.
Fergus residents clearly indicated that they did not want this kind of thing introduced, when it concerned any medical services.
This directly affects our most vulnerable citizens (ie. – veterans and seniors with medical issues and are likely on fixed pensions).
Many people were blindsided by this action, but have basically decided to just try and live with it. Hopefully, sooner or later, the owners of Trailside may decide to reconsider their disgusting, anti-social, pension-impacting tactics against the sick and vulnerable and just increase the rents of the occupying tenants, some of whom already refund the cost of parking anyway.
Adding to the bad policies of the Trailside owners, is the 15-minute free policy, which possibly may apply to the ever-ready bunny. It is possible to book into the blood clinic and be outside in approximately 10 minutes, but if you put your ticket into the machine to be validated, it ignores that fact and asks for payment. It does not validate your ticket to get out free. Do you drive out and hope to get through without getting stuck against the barrier or just pay? Also, this need for “zoom zoom tactics” to avoid paying surely has the potential to cause an accident someday.
Malcolm McCulloch,
Fergus