The days of free parking on summer weekends are over at Beachway Park in Burlington, Ont.
Starting Saturday, May 22 — this weekend — the city says it is introducing a summer parking fee of $2.50 per hour or $20 for an entire day through the HONK mobile app.
Fees will be charged from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., through the last weekend in September.
Beachway Park’s popularity has soared, during the pandemic, to the point that the city had to use barricades, a drop-off zone and parking ambassadors to help manage the demand last summer.
Illegal parkers were given a warning and issued tickets in 2020, but this year, the city says violators will be towed, especially those parking on Lakeshore Road shoulders and the grass boulevard over the pipeline.
![Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.](https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/themes/shaw-globalnews/images/skyline/national.jpg)
Get daily National news
Parking is free in downtown Burlington on weekends and holidays, and Beachway visitors are encouraged to extend their walk or use the drop-off zone, park and meet their household members at the beach.
![Click to play video: 'Calls continue for Ontario government to lift COVID-19 restrictions on outdoor amenities'](https://i2.wp.com/media.globalnews.ca/videostatic/news/60wqkcw3zb-ms7djj0alc/ONLINE_NICE_WEATHER_VELLA_MAY_14_STILL.jpg?w=1040&quality=70&strip=all)
Comments