Media Release

March 11, 2009

Waitakere planning for parking

Waitakere City Council is seeking community feedback on draft parking plans for the city and some of its town centres.

The council’s Policy and Strategy Committee has approved the draft Waitakere City Parking Plan and the draft New Lynn, Henderson and Massey North-Westgate Parking Management Plans to go out for public consultation.

The drafts set out some of the ways the council plans to manage provision of parking in the city over the next 30 years to support intensified development in town centres through efficient use of available land and to encourage use of public transport.

Committee chairperson Penny Hulse says it is important to improve the effective management of parking in the city if Waitakere is to have thriving high density town centres and growth corridors.

“We need to find ways of making best use of the limited available land in our town centres and growth corridors in order to encourage the level of development that will increase local employment opportunities. This includes ensuring that parking is fully utilised as well as encouraging business close to public transport interchanges.”

Among the management options outlined in the plans are limits to parking provisions in new developments, shared parking, provision for bicycle and motorcycle parking, new parking buildings and paid parking.

The possible introduction of paid parking in the future has been identified as a key issue for consultation in the council’s draft 10 year plan (2009-19). The submission period runs from March 31 to April 30.

Detailed consultation on the draft Waitakere City Parking Plan and the draft New Lynn, Henderson and Massey North-Westgate Parking Management Plans will take place in April/May.

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