A Queenstown official recommending over half Queenstown
Gardens' free car parks be time-restricted says this would
"balance" the needs of park users and town workers.
The pay-and-display machines in central Oamaru could be given
a new lease of life as an option to replacing them, with the
cost of parking likely to increase.
Free parking with strictly enforced time limits is still
being promoted for central Oamaru, as the Waitaki District
Council faces replacing park-and-display machines that have
reached the end of their life.
Oamaru businesses are being surveyed about what should
replace the town's ageing parking pay-and-display machines,
which they pay for through a special rate.
A major overhaul of car parking in central Oamaru, including
the possibility of free parking, is being investigated by the
Waitaki District Council, with Oamaru businesses asked to
give their opinions at a meeting tomorrow evening.
Fears Queenstown Lakes District Council intends to remove
angle-parking on upper Ardmore St sparked a rash of public
submissions to the draft Wanaka Town Centre Character
Guidelines, which closed last week.
Free all-day parking within Queenstown is no longer an
option, with one Chamber of Commerce member saying the
current situation is "not very friendly for those wanting to
visit" the area.
