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PARKING MANAGEMENT PLANNING
WORKSHOP AND PLENARY OUTCOMES
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GORDON
Issue/Comment
Recognition of 7 days/week trading
of some businesses (eg, video shop,
take-aways). Suggestions include 1/2hr
parking on weekends in St Johns Ave, to
cater for above.
Large increase in residents in Gordon
(new homes/units). Need to reflect this in
the need for future parking numbers
Resident parking in residential streets
only
In relation to commuter parking – do we
need more? Global warming implications
of more parking. Improvements to bus/
train services, to reduce global warming.
Constraints: convenience, co-ordination
cost, will to change habits. Rather than
larger commuter car parks at station,
encourage people to use public transport
Pay parking – intermittent law
enforcement
Developers to provide parking for their
residents in new buildings
Redesign surface commuter car parks, to
get more efficiency
Response
To improve turnover on weekends, consideration could be
given to extending sections of1/2hr parking restrictions
in St Johns Ave to 6pm on Saturdays and Sundays. This
would be subject to shop owners in St Johns Ave agreeing
to the proposal, and Ku-ring-gai Traffic Committee/Council
approval. Proposal could be extended to key streets in other
centres with similar trading characteristics/needs.
New residential development in the Gordon Town Centre
will require the provision of on-site parking for residents
in accordance with the draft Town Centres DCP. Due to the
proximity of new units to the town centre, it is unlikely that
these residents will place significant additional pressure on
parking numbers. Despite this, new retail/commercial/mixed
use development would also be required to provide parking
on site in accordance with the Town Centres DCP.
New retail/commercial development on Gordon will be
required to provide parking on site, which would reduce some
of the demand for parking in residential streets. However,
the bulk of parking in residential streets is probably by
commuters, the majority of which are Ku-ring-gai residents.
It is not proposed to displace these commuters until such
time as attractive alternatives for accessing railway stations
can be provided.
The amount of off-street commuter car parking in Gordon is
not expected to change significantly as part of the Parking
Management Plan and the draft Town Centres LEP/DCP.
Strategies are focused more on improving access to railway
stations by bus, walking, cycling and passenger pick up/
drop off, including revised bus interchange at Gordon. New
residential development in town centres also reduces the
need for additional commuter parking, due to it’s proximity to
the rail station.
Council’s rangers are being equipped with hand held
enforcement units, which can speed up the enforcement
process and therefore improve coverage. Paid parking tends
to have an automatic enforcement effect and discourages
longer term parking by commuters and staff, resulting in
additional spaces available for shoppers. Paid parking may
therefore be considered in the future for the 6 town centres.
The draft Town Centres DCP requires developers to provide
parking on-site for residents, retail and business uses.
Due to the revised bus interchange, the commuter parking
spaces lost in this process will be accommodated in
surrounding commuter car parks through redesign of the
existing layout.
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Ku-ring-gai Town Centres Parking Management Plan 2010