Relieving "anxiety" is the new government responsibility?----- Money for new ramp sought to ease downtown parking 'anxiety'

Money for new ramp sought to ease downtown parking 'anxiety' | MLive.com:
"GRAND RAPIDS, MI – City leaders by this summer could be asked to approve a new downtown parking ramp to boost the supply of spaces, even as they pursue a strategy to inhibit demand.
The Grand Rapids parking system's budget plan for the 2017 fiscal year that starts in July includes $2.5 million for parking expansion – specifically, a ramp with 800 to 1,000 spaces.
"I hope within the next six months the city will take action," said Pam Ritsema, the city's managing director of enterprise services, which includes the parking system.
"We're at least two years away (from getting a ramp designed and built).
"There aren't any spaces available south of Pearl (Street). 
That's causing some anxiety."...