Parking Strategy underway
Staff in the Land Transport team are working on developing a parking strategy for Westland, looking particularly at issues in the Hokitika CBD area. Later in the year residents and other members of the public will have an opportunity to share their thoughts about how parking should be managed.
Some of the initial observations made by the team are:
- Parking time limits are often exceeded as there is no parking enforcement.
- Business owners parking in front of their shop to create a sense of activity there, but forcing shoppers to park and shop elsewhere.
- There are plenty of all-day parking spaces available for businesses and their employees to use in the periphery areas such as Stafford Street , Custom Street or Gibson Quay and these are easily walkable to the town centre.
- The CBD has capacity for approximately 460 cars with average occupancy of around 60-70%, with an additional two public carparks that can take a further 50 vehicles but only average 20-30% occupancy.
- Gibson Quay, Beach Street and Stafford Street have capacity for 150+ vehicles but also only average 30% occupancy.
Watch out for your opportunity to comment later in the year.
Photo: Westland District Council
