Katoomba Charrette Outcomes Report - Blue Mountains City Council

Katoomba Charrette Report & Town Centre Strategy
parking are to the next was not possible either because of fences and/or slight grade changes.
The Charrette Team determined that re-construction could address the usually small grade
change problems to accommodate an enlarged and shared parking area (see plan below),
whose cumulative efficiency is meant to justify the construction costs and special management
required including labelling dedicated spots (these would be minimised). This parking area is
meant to improve somewhat the car parking capacity for the Top of Town.
Plan of Shared Parking Area between Katoomba and Lurline Streets
Action 8.8.6 - Promote as many integrated parking areas as possible to the rear of existing
buildings between Katoomba Street and Lurline Street. Access to these shared private and
public parking areas should be rationalised.
8.8.7 Goldsmith Place Parking
The Goldsmith Hardware site is one of several opportunities to gain both on-street and
potentially on-site car parking capacity for the Top of Town and for commuter parking for the
train. As shown on the plan in Section 9.2, there is width in Goldsmith Place (the street in front
of Goldsmiths) for head-in parking on the railway side; this arrangement would increase the
on-street parking capacity.
The Goldsmith site itself is large enough to accommodate considerable parking capacity, not
only on-grade, but as a reasonably efficient multi-deck. Of course, if this parking were for
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