Foreshore parking meter scheme to go to Council
Parking meters could be installed adjacent to all foreshore areas around the Peninsula if a staff recommendation to Central Coast Council proceeds on Tuesday night.
The proposal would see "Council resolve to go to the market and call for expressions of interest from external providers".
It would determine their "willingness to partner with Council to develop and deliver a visitor-based paid parking scheme at foreshore areas, at no cost to Council".
The "potential beach foreshore areas" listed in the report include all foreshores on the Peninsula proper, including Ocean Beach, Ettalong Beach and Brisbane Water foreshores.
It also includes Patonga, but Pearl Beach is not listed.
The report comments: "Additional investigations and studies are required to determine the most suitable areas to be included in a visitor-based paid parking scheme as well as the sequence of introducing the scheme to these areas.
"Factors to be considered for the paid parking scheme include the existing parking infrastructure, line marking, suitability for installing parking sensors-CCTV cameras, parking meters, enforcement measures, and the management of the flow-on effect to neighbouring streets."
The report also states that only 6.85 per cent of occupied parking in the region is used by a non-resident to the area.
"Further study and detail is required to determine who is be excluded from paying parking fees, how many per household."
The payback period for implementation across the region was estimated at "just over eight years".
SOURCE:
Central Coast Council agenda 3.10, 23 Mar 2021