STREET PARKING BAN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20595, 20 June 1930, Page 12

STREET PARKING BAN.

ACTION BY CITY COUNCIL. VIEWS OF BUSINESS MEN. " PROPOSALS TOO SEVERE." The opinion that the proposed prohibition of all-day parking in Auckland was too drastic a step was expressed in a letter received by the Chamber of Commerce Council yesterday from Mr. W. A. Boucher. Considerable discussion took place regarding tho action of the City Council, after which it was decided to refer tho matter to tho Transport Committee. In asking tho chamber to take up tho question with tho City Council, Mr. Boucher said ho was surprised at tho attitude of the Auckland Automobile Association in concurring more or less with the council's scheme. 110 asked if it would 1)3 possible for tho chamber to secure some arrangement with tho council to permit members of firms to park their cai's outside their places of business. The chairman, Mr. Malcolm Stewart, said that 10 or 15 minutes wero allowed for parking in most streets. He felt, however, that tho City Council's proposals wero too severe, and might well bo reconsidered. Mr. L. A. Eady said tho question of car parking was ono to which tho City Council had given its consideration for tho last eight years, and ho did not think the decision was a hasty one. Tho scheme was intended to throw upon private enterprise the onus of providing parking facilities, and he understood there was a ptoposal to utilise the old dock Bito as a parking area for motor-cars, if negotiations with tho Harbour Board were successful.