PARKING OUTSIDE LIBRARY

Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27764, 15 September 1955, Page 10

PARKING OUTSIDE LIBRARY

Early Installation Of Meters PROVISION FOR TWO-HOUR PERIOD New parking spaces in Cambridge terrace, Christchurch, in front of the Canterbury Public Library, were marked out yesterday, and parking meters will be installed there as soon as possible. The City Council made Inis decision some time ago, chiefly because of the demand for short-period parking by library patrons who at present have difficulty In finding places because this area is unrestricted and cars remain there all day. Enough meters were already avallab!e to equip the street in Irene of ’15 ra J y ‘J he Traffl c Superintendent (Mr G. P. Kellar) said yesterday. He hoped to get enough to meter both sides of Cambridge terrace from Worcester to Cashel streets. On the library side, there will be half-hour parking for 3d, as in the

lty 4 area - On the river side of Cambridge terrace, multi-coin meters, giving a maximum of two hours’ parkinsn,for a wHI be installed. multi-com meters would take 8?’ 9d ° r . . ls to give parking ranging from half an hour to two hours, Mr 4? eI J? r said - The y would be exactly the same meters as used in other parts of the city, requiring only a minor adjustment to the mechanism, and slots to take coins of different denominations.