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PAGE 14 BAY HARBOUR<br />
Wednesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>25</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
News<br />
Rapaki Rd parking plan stalls<br />
• By Caitlin Miles<br />
A PLAN to ban parking on busy<br />
Rapaki Rd has been put on hold<br />
due to nearby residents’ concerns of<br />
the impact on surrounding streets.<br />
The road is the main access route<br />
to Rapaki Track, which is popular<br />
with walkers, runners and mountain<br />
bikers – causing issues for<br />
people who live on Rapaki Rd.<br />
In November, the city council<br />
proposed banning parking on<br />
Rapaki Rd due to ongoing concern<br />
from residents about safely accessing<br />
the street and their driveways.<br />
A parking ban on one side of<br />
Erewhon Tce was also included in<br />
the plan, because cars<br />
are often parked on that<br />
street if Rapaki Rd is full.<br />
The proposal was meant<br />
to go to the Spreydon-<br />
Cashmere Community<br />
Board next month for<br />
approval, but that will be<br />
put on hold.<br />
Following the submissions<br />
received, city council acting<br />
head of transport Steffan Thomas<br />
said the project has been put on<br />
hold due to concerns raised over<br />
how the surrounding roads will be<br />
effected by the ban.<br />
The city council received 93 submissions<br />
on the plans, 66 supported<br />
the idea, 24 were against and three<br />
submissions were unclear.<br />
Thirty of those submissions, both<br />
for and against the parking restrictions,<br />
were concerned over the<br />
impact on the surrounding streets,<br />
namely Vernon Tce.<br />
One submitter opposed the plans<br />
because Vernon Tce is “already<br />
dangerously congested” and banning<br />
parking on Rapaki Rd will<br />
only add to the congestion.<br />
A Vernon Tce resident said they<br />
were “terrified that restrictions<br />
proposed on Rapaki Rd will have<br />
an extremely detrimental effect on<br />
traffic, congestion, parking and<br />
safety on Vernon Tce,” and opposed<br />
the parking ban unless more parking<br />
is provided elsewhere.<br />
“As a result, the project<br />
has been put on hold temporarily<br />
to consider whether<br />
any additional parking<br />
controls should be proposed<br />
further afield,” Mr Thomas<br />
said.<br />
City councillor Tim Scandrett<br />
(left) said Vernon Tce<br />
residents had a right to be<br />
concerned.<br />
“The ideas raised in the submissions<br />
were very good ones and we<br />
do need to look at the plan again<br />
and see what we can do,” Cr Scandrett<br />
said.<br />
Mr Thomas said the next step<br />
of the project will be to undertake<br />
further consultation with affected<br />
properties if changes are made to<br />
the plan.<br />
CONGESTED: The city council will reconsider a parking ban on busy Rapaki Rd until a<br />
solution can be found.<br />
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