The fee for parking in Wollongong has been set too high.
Motorists are expected to pay two dollars whether they park for fifteen minutes, half an hour, an hour - or even two hours.
Obviously this impacts on those wishing to make a quick, small purchase such as a newspaper or to use an ATM. It discourages shopping in the Wollongong CBD and will send many people to suburban shopping centres, where parking is free.
Surely these parking meters should have a lesser time for lesser fee option.
Shop owners would see more customers in their stores if inserting a fifty cent coin would provide a short stay opportunity to do those things that simply would not warrant spending two dollars.
The original intent of installing parking meters was to speed up the turnover of city parking sites to improve traffic flow in and out of the shopping centre.
Instead of that - council is imposing a distinct disincentive !
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