Northumberland Hills Hospital changes parking

In a Friday, May 29 press release the Northumberland Hills Hospital (NHH) announced it will begin using a new parking gate mechanism in the main visitor and Emergency Department (ED) parking lots this week.

The new gates will be activated in the main visitor lot on Wednesday, June 3 and in the
ED lot on Friday, June 5. The change marks the latest in a multi-phase project to
improve the parking payment process at the Hospital.

With the move to the new gates, NHH will introduce the option of credit card payments
and, further, permit people to instantly receive hard copy receipts for use for tax or other
documentation purposes.

The entry gate to the front visitor lot will remain in the same location, but the exit gate will
move from the north side of the front visitor lot to the west.

When the new gate mechanism goes live, visitors will be required to pay for parking
inside the Hospital, at one of two on-foot pay stations. One will be located in the ED. The second will be located at the front door of the hospital, beside the Inquiry Desk. Payment will no longer be accepted at the gate. Pay stations will accept cash or (newwith the new system) credit cards.

Effective June 5, parking tokens will be discontinued for all Northumberland Hills
Hospital parking lots.

There will be no change to the current $5 flat fee price for visitor parking at NHH at this
time. The hospital will review the traffic data the new system will generate and, from
there, determine how best to price parking rates going forward.

The press release reiterates that NHH is committed to offering reduced rates for short-term use. It is expected that at least two months will be required before sufficient data can be gathered to determine exactly what that new visitor pricing will be.

Questions or suggestions regarding the parking process at NHH should be directed to
Elizabeth Vosburgh, Vice President, Human Resources and Quality, at
evosburgh@nhh.ca or 905-377-7759.