Lyttelton Parking

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30569, 12 October 1964, Page 12

Lyttelton Parking

Sir,—May I congratulate the Lyttelton watersiders on their intelligent approach to the current parking problem? It shines when one remembers the Auckland parking dispute. However, it does seem that the problem will get worse if the harbour board, railways, etc., insist on marking out, all round the area, parking lots for their own employees. The railways recently stopped parking in a space opposite the station that could take 15 cars; the most railway cars seen in it so far is three. The Harbour Board then pushed everyone out of the ferry wharf parking lot to allow it to become a storage space for importers of new cars that occupy this vast area the entire day. Could not these cars go by rail or at least be moved quickly? The “wharfies” have shown co-operation, so now it is up to the authorities to show the same.—Yours, etc, A.R.P.

October 6, 1964. [The secretary-manager of the Lyttelton Harbour Board (Mr R. J. Sowden) said:—“The necessity for parking restrictions has been discussed with representatives of the Waterfront Workers’ Union and the co-operation of the members of the union in connexion with this matter is much appreciated. Motor vehicles constitute a substantial portion of the trade of the port and the board must provide an area for their storage before shipment or delivery to consignees. The provision of facilities for the roll-on, rolloff steamer-express vessels will be commenced shortly, and the parking area between Nos. 2 and 3 jetties will not then be available for the park-

ing of either private or trade cars. Parking spaces have been made available on the waterfront for members of the board’s staff who are shift workers and also for waterfront workers vzho are members of the Lyttelton Volunteer Fire Brigade or the St. John Ambulance. Brigade.”]