Taxi rank may move back

Gosford Council's traffic committee has recommended that the taxi rank and shelter at the entry to Ettalong Beach Memorial Club be relocated to its previous position on the western side of Memorial Ave, just south of the Ocean View Rd intersection.

It also recommended that the Ettalong Beach Memorial Club, the Chamber of Commerce and local businesses be advised of the decision to relocate the taxi rank to its previous position due to the inability of using the post office car park for public parking.

Mayor Cr Laurie Maher and the Senior Management Group adopted a traffic committee recommendation at a meeting held on January 9 that the taxi rank be relocated to the eastern side of Memorial Ave, alongside the post office.

This decision was subject to the availability of public parking within the post office car park being confirmed and signposted and that the street lighting at the intersection of Ocean View Rd and Memorial Ave be of a standard to clearly identify the pedestrian crossings.

The committee said that it had since been established that the post office car park was not available for public parking.

It stated that: "An alternative suggestion put to the traffic committee was to proceed with relocating the taxi rank alongside the post office and the displaced on-street parking could be accommodated in the public car park opposite the post office".

It stated that taxi ranks should be situated adjacent to bus zones and in the case of the

Ettalong Beach CBD this could be achieved by relocating the taxi rank to its previous position on the western side of Memorial Ave, just south of the Ocean View Rd intersection.

Council agenda TR.06.061, 1 May 2007