Parking

The community will get its say on future parking options in the Queenstown CBD, when a proposal from the Queenstown Lakes District Council is opened for consultation as part of the next draft annual plan to be released in April.

Developers may have to provide for vehicle parks in Wanaka's town centre by 2012, but the Wanaka Community Board is concerned that is not soon enough.

A parking option which could affect 281 long-stay car parks on Ballarat and Boundary Sts will be discussed at the Queenstown Lakes District Council utilities committee meeting next week.

Banning campervans from car parks in the Queenstown CBD is being considered by the Queenstown Lakes District Council.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council has approved parking restrictions on Lake Ave, Frankton, near the new Remarkables Primary School.

Dunedin parking officers have to issue $2.4 million worth of parking fines each year just to ensure drivers behave, a Dunedin City Council manager says.

The Southland Multiple Sclerosis Society says some of its members will no longer be able to use the society's holiday home in Queenstown once parking restrictions in Frankton come into effect.

The majority of parking changes decided recently for Dunedin will be in place by Monday.

A one-man parking protest against the city council has begun on a suburban Dunedin street.

Changes aimed at fixing Dunedin's inner-city parking have been confirmed, and with a last-minute concession for upset Frederick St retailers who led the charge.