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MINISTER FOR URBAN SERVICES
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO 637
Belconnen Basketball Centre - Parking
Mr Westende - asked the Minister for Urban Services:
(1) Why was building approval given to the Basketball Centre in Oatley Court, Belconnen without car parking requirements on the land.
(2) Why is it proposed to install parking meters in Oatley Court when one of the main parking problems occurs in the evening when people attending the Basketball Centre are parking in front of the Thai Rama Restaurant and stifling business opportunity for that restaurant.
(3) Why is it proposed to install parking meters in Oatley Court when the solution is to construct a car park in front of the Basketball Centre.
(4) In his reply to my Question without Notice in the Assembly
on 23 February 1993, the Minister for Urban Services,
Mr Terry Connolly, MLA, said that he expected the first
step in overcoming the problem of parking in Oatley Court ,
will be a parking survey of the traders to get a
comprehensive view of what they want. Has this survey been
undertaken and; if so, were the traders happy with the
proposal to install parking meters.
Mr Connolly - the answer to the Members question is as follows:
(1) Building approval was given to the Basketball Centre in Oatley Court, Belconnen as the lease conditions for the Basketball Centre development did not include a requirement for off-street parking. The Government was intending to construct a new car park in the centre of Oatley Court. This car park was completed in September 1992.
(2) The parking changes proposed for Oatley Court do not involve parking meters but rather extend to the provision of signposted parking only. Officers of my Department are aware of the particular problems associated with the private car park in front of the Thai Rama Restaurant. A solution to the majority of these problems is being finalised through direct liaison with the management of the Thai Rama Restaurant and Jurkiewicz Adventure Sports. I understand that this solution will involve the erection of log barriers and signposting to reinforce the fact that the car park in front of the Thai Rama is a private car park.
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