Festival Parking
Country Music Festival Parking
It seems that one of the major problems was again vehicle parking during the festival where there is so much extra traffic. Many problems flowed on from this.
Time limits and locations cause headaches for visitors because extra parking officers seem to be lurking and everyone hates those parking tickets.
The problem is exaggerated by council blocking off areas that had previously been used for unlimited parking or renting out and closing legitimate parking areas. The construction in the CBD further complicated the parking issues.
Do we need to better organise a network of park and ride locations that are properly supervised and secure for visitors to go to town for the whole day and not gridlock the centre of town or the main commercial areas?
How about a country music version of "meter maids" to help educate, warn and prevent visitors being heavily fined for incorrect parking or overstaying? Our princess or queen entrants have many tasks, would we need to employ another group or have volunteers?
We need some new solutions to a persistent problem. Buses only seem to resolve parts of the problems. It is best to take positive action rather than fines and threats to give our visitors the best experience and encourage them to return.
Maxine and Peter
It seems that one of the major problems was again vehicle parking during the festival where there is so much extra traffic. Many problems flowed on from this.
Time limits and locations cause headaches for visitors because extra parking officers seem to be lurking and everyone hates those parking tickets.
The problem is exaggerated by council blocking off areas that had previously been used for unlimited parking or renting out and closing legitimate parking areas. The construction in the CBD further complicated the parking issues.
Do we need to better organise a network of park and ride locations that are properly supervised and secure for visitors to go to town for the whole day and not gridlock the centre of town or the main commercial areas?
How about a country music version of "meter maids" to help educate, warn and prevent visitors being heavily fined for incorrect parking or overstaying? Our princess or queen entrants have many tasks, would we need to employ another group or have volunteers?
We need some new solutions to a persistent problem. Buses only seem to resolve parts of the problems. It is best to take positive action rather than fines and threats to give our visitors the best experience and encourage them to return.
Maxine and Peter
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