{"id":301919,"date":"2021-07-07T12:56:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T02:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=301919"},"modified":"2021-07-12T14:37:55","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T04:37:55","slug":"council-ups-car-park-loss-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/07\/07\/council-ups-car-park-loss-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Ups Car Park Loss Again"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Garden beds and other street features installed as part of the Kingaroy Transformation Project will not contribute to the loss of 99 car parking spaces, Council officers say<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 7, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Burnett Regional Council has again revised the number of car parks that will be lost in the Kingaroy CBD due to the Kingaroy Transformation Project (KTP).<\/p>\n

On July 2, Council forecast 96 car parks would be lost in Kingaroy’s CBD due to regulatory requirements and the installation of disability car parking spaces.<\/p>\n

But at Wednesday’s Infrastructure Standing Committee meeting, this was raised to 99.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Infrastructure General Manager Aaron Meehan took responsibility for the updated figure, which he said had come about after his department conducted a detailed audit of the KTP’s plans.<\/p>\n

However – in response to a question asked by Cr Kathy Duff last week – he confirmed no car parks would be lost due to the installation of garden beds or other street features.<\/p>\n

Mr Meehan said current road design rules required a minimum amount of clear space around pedestrian crossings to ensure cars could not accidentally back out and hit pedestrians.<\/p>\n

Garden beds or other features would be placed in these clear spaces to ensure they could not be used by drivers.<\/p>\n

In all, Mr Meehan said 31 car parks would disappear from Alford Street; 14 from Kingaroy Street; 26 from Haly Street; and 28 from Glendon Street.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, he said the review had also disclosed no disability parking space was planned near the Kingaroy Street post office.<\/p>\n

This oversight has now been corrected.<\/p>\n

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