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Resident parking a problem

SHORTAGE: INNER-CITY RESIDENTS CAUGHT OUT BY PARKING LIMITS HAVE CALLED ON COUNCIL TO GIVE THEM A BREAK AND INCREASE PERMIT-EXEMPTED CAR PARKS
KATE MCKENNA
mckennak@newsqueensland.com.au

RACE FOR CITY HALL: Brisbane City Council elections, April 28

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FRUSTRATED inner-city residents are calling on Council to increase the number of permit-exempted car parks in Teneriffe and Newstead, claiming scarce on-street parking is bringing hip-pocket pain to flatmates. Complex manager Colleen Hayler says her 39-unit block, The Bond Store, on Newstead Tce at Newstead has up to three bedrooms per apartment but there is only one undercover car space allocated for each. Extra tenants have to scramble for only eight resident-exempted street parks or pay up to $8 a day. Ms Hayler says the parking pinch worsened after Brisbane City Council rolled out meters in 2009. There was no consultation at all, she says. I called the council on the Tuesday and they said it was only a proposal but then they started digging holes in the ground by the Friday. But a Brisbane City Council spokeswoman rejected the claims, saying it under-

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Girl Guides Queensland Support Centre, Herston Primary Industries Building, 80 Ann St, Brisbane City Fortitude Valley State School, Brookes St, Fortitude Valley Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital Kelvin Grove State College, Lestrange Tce, Kelvin Grove Merthyr Uniting Church Hall, New Farm Holy Spirit Convent Hall, New Farm New Farm State School Yoga on Parker, 23 Parker St, Newmarket
took extensive community consultation before any changes were introduced. Brisbane City Council refused to reveal its parking fine revenue for the suburb. Tony Leggett, 38, of Teneriffe, is quadriplegic and says his carers racked up several

Brisbane Central State School, Rogers St, Spring Hill Wilston State School Windsor State School

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Alderley Kindergarten Newmarket State School

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Brothers Community & Sports Club, Crosby Rd, Albion Ascot State School Bar-Jai Club, 178 Alexandra Rd, Clayeld Uniting Church Hall, 170 Bonney Ave, Clayeld Uniting Church Activities Centre, cnr Jackson and Oxford streets, Hamilton St Augustines Anglican

Church Hall, Hamilton St Johns Anglican Church Hall, Hendra Hendra State School Kalinga Presbyterian Church Hall Kedron State High School Holy Cross School Foster Pavilion, 40 Morris St, Wooloowin The Danish Club, 36 Austin St, Newstead Brisbane Athletic Football Club, Pinkenba Windsor State School

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wider in the community. I did a survey in February and saw about half of the people getting fines were residents in paid parks. But its difficult to park. Their claims are backed by Labor candidate Philip Anthony, who says residentexempted parking has to be extended but added it would need to be implemented in consultation with the community. But sitting Councillor David McLachlan (Hamilton Ward) accused the ALP of making up lies and generating fear and concern about parking in the Bowen Hills, Teneriffe and Newstead area. Brisbane City Council says residents are allowed to apply for one permit per vehicle registered and a further two visitor permits.

$75 fines last year when they parked outside his Winchcombe Carson Woolstore unit. He said Brisbane City Council had been very accommodating granting him a permit in February, but the problem was still much

Riders face long wait for safety on dangerous path

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BEN WILSON Bicycle QLD AMY KELLY
kellyamy@newsqueensland.com.au

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We know that there are all sorts of mega-plan talks but for the immediate there is a need to do some small retrofitting now.

CYCLISTS have called on Brisbane City Council to widen an existing footpath along Kingsford Smith Drive and address safety concerns. The first stage of the upgrade to the narrow corridor was completed at the end of last year but further upgrades will require state and federal funding and many commuters fear it could be years before widening is

undertaken to ease congestion along the arterial. About 65,000 vehicles use the road each day which has little or no shoulder making it hostile for cyclists in Brisbane. An Ascot resident, who did not want to be named, said the narrow footpath was a dangerous alternative. The footpath is right beside the road and you can actually fall into traffic quite easily. Theres not even a fence, he said.

The cyclist said sections of the path could be widened but Councillor David McLachlan (Hamilton) said without major work the council was constrained by the geography. If the objective of the longer-term project is to provide the same infrastructure, it doesnt make a whole lot of sense to put in interim infrastructure that would in the not-too-distant future be pulled out again, he said. But Bicycle Queensland

general manager Ben Wilson said widening even the narrowest 10 per cent would be a bonus. We know that there are all sorts of mega-plan talks but for the immediate we actually say that there is a need to do some small retro-fitting now, he said. Labor candidate (Hamilton) Philip Anthony supported any initiatives that would get people into active transport. If it can be done it should be done, he said.

A QUT road safety researcher has found motorcyclists are more than three times as likely to die in accidents. It also found moped and scooter riders crashed more frequently.

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