What a weird world we live in !
Wollongong council is having a hissy fit because the owner of a vacant block of land in Atchison street is charging motorists to park there. It seems the objection is because no council approval was obtained - and this at a time when Wollongong streets are just days away from the installation of parking meters to extract money from car owners.
Of course it's all about money ! There is supposedly a parking crisis in this city and you would think council would be overjoyed that private land was helping to solve the problem - but not without all the fees and red tape necessary to get the nod from council.
Another thing that has yet to see the light of day is the fate of those disability parking spots in the CBD, reserved for motorists who have been granted a disability sticker for their car.
Will they remain ? Or will they be swallowed up when the parking meters are installed ?
And how legal will that be, considering that the parking meters are a council initiative, while those disability parking spots were a state government initiative !
An interesting thought ! Did the council get permission from the government to do away with free disability parking in this city ?
Maybe it's time for the government to have a hissy fit over unauthorised actions !
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