Council Hopes a New Year Brings Better Parking

Residents showed their creative parking skills this Christmas as people found any way to park in and around Franklin’s main town centres. Unfortunately the parking wasn’t always legal or safe. Franklin District Council is hoping that the new year will bring a return to considerate parking.

“This Christmas we had a range of photos sent to us from residents unhappy with people being a bit too creative with their parking. It’s not ok to park on grass verges, footpaths, on intersections or other places where it will cause a hazard or is simply inconsiderate to neighbouring residents. We took enforcement action when the vehicles in the photographs parked illegally but in many cases taking a moment to think about whether the parking is really appropriate and considerate to others is all that is needed,” says Franklin District Council’s Transport Unit Manager, Dawn Inglis.

Research by Franklin District Council has shown that there is generally sufficient parking around the main town centres. If you are heading into the main town centres of Pukekohe and Waiuku a quick visit to Franklin District Council’s website – www.franklin.govt.nz - is all that is needed to ensure you know where to park. Under the tab “Franklin District” you can visit a page with useful maps of the District. These include downloadable parking maps showing the location of parking including loading zones and disabled parking facilities for Pukekohe and Waiuku town centres.

“These maps show the location of all the Council owned carparks as well as the time limited street parking and they are a great resource. You can even print them and pop them in your glove box as a handy ongoing reference for whenever you visit Pukekohe or Waiuku,” says Dawn.