Parking restrictions approved

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

Councillors approved the bylaw amendment at their meeting this week.

The school will open in February.

The council's utilities committee endorsed the proposed restrictions earlier this month.

A report by infrastructure strategy manager Denis Mander said residents were consulted in October.

Three submissions were received.

"These were responded to through changes in the proposal, to the point where we believe residents are generally satisfied with the approach being taken," he said.

Parking is forbidden along Lake Ave, between Allen Cres and McBride St.

Two-minute parking is allowed in front of the school in a drop-off/pick up area at the beginning and end of each school day.

He said Lakes Environmental parking officers would be "quite visible" in the area in the first couple of weeks of the first school term, to reinforce the controls.