Prince Albert city council has had enough of the stunting in the Art Hauser Centre parking lot. Council voted unanimously to have city administration prepare a report outlining strategies to deter and prevent stunting in the Art Hauser Centre parking lot, and has requested the report be provided before 2027 budget deliberations at the end of November. At Monday night’s city council meeting Councillor Blake Edwards presented the motion that could lead to the end of vehicle stunting in the lot, a well-known location for the activity. “I don’t think we need barriers to prevent people from going in and hanging out,” clarified Edwards. “I actually think it’s a pretty good location to hang out at for kids, they go there, they play some music. I don’t think the music is the issue. It’s the continuing stunting.” He said with the workload city police have, it’s tough for the service to also monitor stunting incidents in the parking lot. Edwards told council he’s heard resident complaints about the parking lot as long as he’s been a councillor. The main problem is the parking lot between Art Hauser and the skate park, which is currently covered in visible burnout marks. “It’s right in town. It’s safe and kids aren’t traveling out of town onto some dirt road where, you know, accidents can happen,” he said. “But there’s people that are continually coming in from out of town and stunting.” Council members spoke up in support of the motion. Councillor Bryce Laewetz wants to prevent damage to vehicles in the lot. “My old truck got damaged in that parking lot and I had to drive around for nine months with the side of my truck smashed in,” said Laewetz. “I’d like to prevent other people from having to deal with that.” Councillor Stephen Ring was in full support. “I’ve seen it in action up there,” said Ring. “There’s got to be a way that we can put something up there. I’m looking forward to the report that comes back with the recommendations. There’s got to be a way we can slow it down.” CTV News reached out to the Prince Albert Police Service and Art Hauser Centre management, but did not hear back by deadline.
