Council backflipped on paid parking… but there’s a catch

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Going all right, Well, the parking fiasco was continuing. Remember
they changed the parking so that you had to pay
from earlier down at Burley, and you had to pay
from seven am in the morning rather than nine am
in the morning. And it was for you know, trying
to get a bit of extra cash into the council.
That bit of extra cash over a small amount of

(00:21):
time was two million dollars extra in revenue and earnings.
But now because the people have pushed back a little bit,
they are now going to be changing it back. It
was announced now news today. We can hear it. But
what they've asked is still follow the signs, will change
it back when we get a chance to do so.

Speaker 2 (00:44):
So that means the council.

Speaker 3 (00:47):
Revenue I could tell you three months, this is able
to take eight years, you know what I mean if
you just have to wait for the signs to change back.

Speaker 2 (00:56):
So the parking was a trial anyway. Moving it to
seven am was a trial anyway. So then they've gone, okay,
no one likes it, so the trial is over. Yeah,
But then is it still not technically a trial if
it takes three months to take the signs down, Well.

Speaker 1 (01:09):
I would say the new rulers come in. Don't just
police it. Yeah, don't send you parking attendants out to
actually police them nine until nine o'clock and then you're sweep.
So anyone that's gone in there beforehand and haven't paid
at seven am, then don't find them. Exactly? Isn't that

(01:30):
the easy outcome? Rather than still listen to the science
for three months?

Speaker 2 (01:34):
It takes that long to take the signs down. Why
don't you just print off some stickers and when the
parking meter attendants are walking around that area, they can
just stick the sticker on the.

Speaker 4 (01:44):
Signs or peel the one that's already on there that
says nine. Isn't that a sticker already just stick on
the top.

Speaker 2 (01:49):
I don't know what's there. All I know is that
someone's talking about stickers and I'm like, okay, well they're
already wandering around. How hard is it to multitask? They
can be finding people and sticking a sticker on the
sign at the same time. I don't know, call me crazy.

Speaker 1 (02:00):
So do you think the decision to hey, still abide
by the signs until we change them is fair? Or
should we just not police it? Like, just don't find
anyone in that time.

Speaker 3 (02:12):
I like it.

Speaker 1 (02:13):
I think that's pretty easy. We're calling a meeting. Get
everyone into a meeting. Hey, it didn't work, don't find them.

Speaker 2 (02:21):
Thank you.

Speaker 3 (02:22):
Sure it's done, rather than just three extra months of
more money for us, more money for us.

Speaker 1 (02:29):
Anyway, I get on the phone. Should we just not
police it?

Speaker 4 (02:32):
Or do we?

Speaker 1 (02:33):
Are you going to abide by it?

Speaker 4 (02:35):
Bye? By the signs? Double five seven, one, one o
two nine? Are you going to be abiding by the
parking signs? We're You're just going to hope they're not
police it. Give us a call. You got your chance
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