Examiner (Saturday 17 Sept) Local Govt section where the Lindsay St car park is advertised. (Interestingly there's also an application for an extension at 100 Newnham Drive) Typically, the item for the car parking is written in such a way as to make readers think it is all very innocent. I originally assumed when I first saw it last week that it was along towards the silo given the amount of land at that end. Seeing where it really is intended, I suspect it is part of the trying to hammer square pegs into round holes and assisting the Utas move in relation to parking issues.
Presumably a car park along the levee will add to the urban water runoff in the area - already troubled by stormwater problems. Re putting in a representation on the application - Will flooding matters, such as urban runoff, be of any use in a submission or would a car park anywhere only come under planning regulations? This is matter for your wisdom and knowledge, oh wise ones who know about planning regulations. I haven't looked the actual application up online yet, but do you know who the Applicant is? Who might 'Commercial Project Delivery' be? Sounds very suspicious, internal City Council???
FYI: On the AFL Hawthorn vs Carlton day, (the biggest crowd in ages) there were 32 cars parked in quite neat rows (clever people those footy fans) on the grassed levee between Tamar st bridge and the flood gate opposite the end of Holbrook St; there were 17, also in sort of rows on the grass on the other side of the flood gate. So on the levee grass - 49 in total.
There were 30 parked on the southern side of the street between Invermay rd to the flood gate, and 29 in the next section towards Goderich St, i.e total on-street parking along southern side of Lindsay
st was 59.
On northern side of Lindsay st, the numbers were 15 and 14 respectively. On normal week days, both sides of Lindsay st are fully occupied by the cars of employees of local businesses, except in the timed sections for customers. (Then there's the numbers that park in Holbrook st., but maybe not relevant here?)
L McKenzie
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Gee a multi storey car park would look pretty nice right there
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