Mayor doesn't know what the city's parking needs are. Understandable really. He's convinced that most of us will be cycling, walking and taking the bus and nothing seems to shake that belief, least of all the opinions expressed in online and mainstream media by people who live here.
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Parking facts needed to inform debate
........At a meeting of the Dunedin City Council yesterday, councillors voted to adopt a resolution from Cr Aaron Hawkins which was aimed at providing a greater understanding of parking in the central city.
Staff will be tasked with collecting information on all on and off street parking as well as the number of spaces in both public and private parking buildings.
A report that will also contain capacity and occupancy data will be presented to the council before next year's annual plan.
Private parking providers had no legal obligation to provide the information....
.... Staff were already working on a new count and Cr Lee Vandervis raised concerns about the motion complicating any work which had started.
To be relevant, any new data needed to be comparable with previous counts and asking staff to include information not gathered before could compromise that, Cr Vandervis said.
It was already clear more parking was needed and public opinion, sought on social media, backed that up, he said.
Mayor Dave Cull said throughout all recent debates on parking it had been difficult to know exactly what the facts were because it was not clear what the city's parking needs were....
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/parking-facts-needed-inform-debate?fbclid=IwAR0Y-D6n_oOrVNM_5IJR59j8jw4ZyQJ8kTci4wyAdCq-W4mHzotn-DwtCEY
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