August 24, 2022
Parking in Kingaroy’s CBD may be limited to four hours under a new plan being considered by the South Burnett Regional Council.
At its General Meeting on Wednesday, Councillors voted to consult CBD traders, Kingaroy residents and the Kingaroy Chamber Of Commerce and Industry about the plan, which is designed to discourage CBD workers from occupying car parks that can be used by shoppers.
Instead, workers will be encouraged to use the Glendon Street, Alford Street or George Street car parks, where the current eight-hour time limit will remain in place.
The Council will also seek public feedback about introducing five 10-minute parking bays around Kingaroy’s post office.
The move comes after the Council received an approach from Australia Post, who recently moved their Australia Post Shop back to the building.
Three of the proposed 10-minute parking bays would be located outside the post office in Kingaroy Street, and the other two would be in an existing Alford Street loading zone no longer required by the post office.
The Council will start a month-long public consultation process about the new parking plans on August 29, and will accept feedback until the end of September.
Residents will be able to provide their feedback through an online form that will be placed on the Council’s website, as well as through other channels that will be outlined in an official announcement.
Council representatives will also discuss the proposal with Kingaroy businesses at the KCCI’s September meeting.
Wednesday’s Council meeting was told that work on the Kingaroy Transformation Project was expected to wind down in October or November, weather permitting.
Being quite disabled from a stroke 12 years ago I would like to see disabled parking spots respected by the general public. Unless the vehicle has a State Government Department of Transport permit showing, such vehicles should not park in the designated Disabled Parking spots and in fact should be issued with a fine. I am afraid such happenings occur regularly by selfish, lazy people who have no idea nor care for the welfare of the disabled.
I’ve never seen anyone policing vehicle parking in any South Burnett town so I’m guessing that the council does not employ any parking patrol officers.
Lazy, inconsiderate people thus often park in clearly marked Disabled Parking spots, and repeatedly get away with it, having no thought or care for people who are unable to walk, or unable to walk very far.
I once saw a car with a wheelchair on top. The driver decided to park behind a car that was illegally parked in the disabled parking spot and go about their shopping. When they returned they received a mouthful of abuse for blocking in the other persons car.
I’m not suggesting people do that, but I can understand the annoyance and frustration disabled people must feel in such situations. They must also have those feeling towards a council that fails to support them.
The subject of Council enforcing new parking time limits was briefly mentioned at the meeting where the CBD plan was unveiled, Ben, but we didn’t mention this in our report because no firm decision has yet been made. However, we think it’s safe to say this matter is under consideration.