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Senior concerned about lack of parking limit enforcement

Why, I ask, is it that they do patrol the residential for parking violators, they have posted signs in the Crescent area.

Why, I ask, is it that they do patrol the residential for parking violators, they have posted signs in the Crescent area. 2 hr parking yet people park in front of my residents for the entire day, the same vehicle has parked in front of my place for several weeks for the entire day, I am guessing that works at hospital as just 3 blocks away.

I am not so much upset of the parking even though there is sign age to state what is allowed, as an elderly person I need to drag out my garbage can to curb in order for collection (which I pay for) but they can not pick up my garbage can as someone has inconsiderately parked too close for the city employee to empty my container. I need to haul it back, closer to my house to add the refuge that needs to go for disposal. Although I am in reasonable good shape for 80+ years, I can not handle a fully loaded garbage container. The fact that my garbage was not taken away means I needed to haul it back to the house and fill it up even more for next time, and they will not take it away if it is overflowing.

Maybe these people could ask permission to park in the yard of an elder Citizen and pay them a small donation of gratuity for letting them have a place to park, and this also happens in winter for snow removal, they plow around the Vehicle and next time I have 2 times as much snow that I need removed.

E. Jantz

Prince George