Deep Cove Market owner Rosemary Scott, pictured in 2020, disagrees with council’s decision to remove frontage parking spots around her store and create parallel street parking.
“I’m 100 per cent opposed,” she said.
District staff say the change is aimed at creating more space for pedestrians, as well as southbound cyclists on West Saanich, and make it safer for motorists around the market to enter the roadways.
So people should not be walking across the front of the parking lot, across the loading zone over to the grassy area where the school cars park.
Scott said she shared her concerns with the municipality, which has authority over the parking spots in front of the store, and also inquired about creating more parking spots along Birch Road.
Any loss of convenience would be offset by improved safety for all, she said, expressing hope the improvements would be the first in a series of changes to the area.
Sight-line improvements on the southeast corner aim to negate the need for drivers on Wain Road to pull past the stop line to fully see northbound traffic on West Saanich.