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Toronto Parking Authority decides · Mon, Oct 19
Toronto Parking Authority board to decide on a consulting contract for surface lots
Citywide
The Toronto Parking Authority board is asked to decide on awarding a consulting contract of up to $1.5 million, excluding Harmonized Sales Tax, to Smith and Andersen Consulting Engineering. The work would cover feasibility studies, electrical capacity assessments and construction oversight at surface parking lots, to modernize them and prepare them for electrification.
How to act
- Find your councillor and write before the voteThis one affects the whole city
- Read the item on the city record
The board vote is on its October 19 agenda, and the meeting is public.
The journey
Mon, Oct 19 · Toronto Parking Authority · scheduled, not yet heard
Why is this story here?
ContainedA single retainer contract of up to $1.5 million for consulting engineering across surface lots. It is bounded to one consultant and one contract term, and the record describes no multi-year commitment or change to who controls a budget.Touches a narrow groupIf approved as proposed, the consultant would plan and oversee upgrades at surface lots over time. Drivers at particular lots might notice, but the effect reaches a small set of sites rather than daily life citywide.
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