Pembroke parking reviewed

Wanaka Community Board members will on Tuesday consider reversing an earlier plan to form 94 angled car parks on the Brownston St side of Pembroke Park.

The encroachment of car parking by 4.3m was a proposed amendment to the 2007 management plan of Pembroke Park, the popular three-block long lakeside recreational ground, and Bridgeman Green, on the corner of Ardmore St and Dungarvon St.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council received 85 submissions on the proposed amendment, more than 60 in opposition.

Those in favour submitted angle-parking would provide more car parks to central Wanaka and more car parks for sport fixtures.

Those opposed submitted parking was an encroachment on to the reserve and was not directly related to use of the reserve, but general parking for the town centre.

Opposing submitters also said the car park built by the council in the reserve was already improper, as it was built and used almost entirely as a car park for the town centre.

Similar levels of parking could be accommodated around Pembroke Park without encroaching on the boundaries, they said.

After a hearing in Wanaka on June 7, the panel accepted the submissions which said further encroachment for parking ''could not be justified as the existing level of demand generated by users of the reserve is unknown.''

The panel also noted while the process followed allowed for public consultation, it had not been technically correct due to omitting the opportunity for the public to make written suggestions before the amendment was notified for submissions.

Therefore, the hearings panel recommended to the board the proposed amendment to the Pembroke Park Reserve Management Plan did not proceed in its entirety.

''Rejection of the panel's recommendation would likely be strongly challenged by submitters,'' the report written by community services general manager Paul Wilson said.

If the community board dropped the proposed parking amendments, as recommended, board members would need to reconsider how to complete the Brownston St Project's pavement design and parking, he said.

More advice from the council's infrastructure services team should be sought and there needed to be an analysis of the parking needs of park users and an assessment of the need for helicopter landings, Mr Wilson said.

 

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