Downtown parking rates return in April Posted on March 16, 2021 by oshawaexpress in CITY, NEWS Paid for parking will resume in downtown Oshawa. Effective Tuesday, April 6, parking rates will come back into effect for all on-street locations and municipal parking lots in downtown. Free parking has been available over the past several months, including the holiday season at all metered on-street locations and four municipal parking lots, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The parking lots included were Lot 4 on Athol Street between Centre and Simcoe Streets, Lot 18 on William Street at Carriage Works, Lot 50 on the west side of the Oshawa Public Libraries’ McLaughlin branch, and Lot 52 at the west side of city hall.