Council moves on illegal parking

Gosford Council will create a No Stopping zone in Victoria Rd near Regina Close to help prevent illegal parking resulting from competing needs for parking from local residents, visitors to local businesses and long term parking for those businesses.

The Council will implement a 10-metre No Stopping restriction on the north side of Victoria Rd, Woy Woy, east of Regina Close and west of Robin Crescent, subject to the approval from Roads and Maritime Services and Transport for NSW.

According to Gosford Council's Local Traffic Committee report, a customer had reported concerns with parking in Regina Close, Woy Woy.

It was reported that occasionally cars illegally parked across driveways in Regina Close.

The customer requested Council consider changing the unrestricted parking to timed parking to reduce the incidence of the illegal parking.

Council resolved not to provide timed parking as the report from the Local Traffic Committee stated that the provision of timed parking at this location may not reduce the occurrence of illegal parking.

It was also reported that cars parked on the northern side of Victoria Rd, east of Regina Close, were too close to the intersection that the egress drivers' sight distance was reduced creating a safety hazard.

The site inspection identified that there was no existing parking restriction on the northern side of Victoria Rd between Regina Close and Robin Crescent.

Sight distance of vehicles exiting Regina Close onto Victoria Rd was reduced by parked cars within this section of road.

It was noted that the statutory 10 metres No Stopping adjacent to the intersection of Regina Close and Robin Crescent was not being complied with.

Gosford Council Agenda TR.12.28, 3 Jul 2012