Thursday, April 25, 2019

A new parking garage in Media? A conversation worth having but borough council failed to even raise it and voted unanimously to spend another approximate $1,000,000 to repair Olive St garage.



After spending ~$900,000 in 2014 to repair Olive Street Garage, Borough Council voted last week (unanimously) to spend another $960,000 to repair the same structure.  It wasn't even asked by any member of council as to why we are again paying for repairs,  let alone any discussion on the replacement cost of the structure.  Why? 

What repairs are being done in 2019 that wasn't done in 2014?  Are they the same repairs and who is signing off on the completed work?  "Apparent lack of maintenance" as reported by Structure Care?  Why hasn't there been an explanation for this?

Olive St. Garage is over 50 years old and only holds spaces for about 250 cars.  That
amount may have been realistic back in the 60's, but there are literally 3 times as many more cars on the road today with a new restaurant of some type opening in Media every other month.   One of which the New Towne House will bring a noticeable bump in visitors.   The need for more parking is definitely worth the discussion.  

If we're to assume almost a $1,000,000 is needed every five years for repairs, at what point does a replacement cost come into play? Like, now?  Even if a new garage is $8-10 million, the borough would have had a good chunk of it just in the last five years based money saved on repair costs.


12 comments:

  1. The Borough Council is INSANE. Build a new garage, they claim that have all of this money. But these bozos refuse to do anything smart with it.

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    1. How much did they waste going to this consulting firm to find out that the parking garage was in disarray?

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    2. You do realize this is Media Borough, run by the Frank Daley's of the world. There is no such thing as "waste." Everything in the world is right and we should all sing kumbaya!

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  2. Vote these guys out!

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  3. Why not build a new garage? Costs don't seem to be an issue for Media Borough since they are spending money on pocket parks, Veterans Square (sacrificing parking), and spending money on compost piles for all. Meanwhile no one can park to spend money in our town.

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    1. Veterans Square is a disaster, I have yet to see someone sitting up there. So dumb.

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    2. Spend spend spend all the Dems want to do!

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  4. I am thinking about writing in Terry Rumsey and Michael Straw to protest this nonsense. I have seen enough of Brian Hall and Paul Robinson up there!

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    1. I have been watching the meetings on T.V. Rumsey, Straw, Palmer, and Payne have showed us just how bad our Council can be over the past few months in these meetings. How low will the council go?

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  5. $900k in 2014, $600k this yesr and another $360k ocer 2 more years. All to out 20 more years of life into this garage?

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  6. SOMEONE PLEASE RUN AGAINST MCMAHON. He's a joke. Wish Diamond was still here.

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  7. Waste more of my money why don't you?

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