Fine reminders and suggestions for parking
The Ministry of Disabled People/Whaikaha CEO Rebecca Elvy thinks that with better signage and understanding from the public, they can both keep the correct parking available for disabled permit vehicles and avoid fines collectively. Photo: Supplied.
Requests for more parking awareness from both the national body for Disabled People, and anonymous CBD workers, around Blenheim parking have come up.
The Ministry of Disabled People/Whaikaha CEO Rebecca Elvy thinks that with better signage and understanding from the public, they can both keep the correct parking available for disabled permit vehicles and avoid fines collectively.
“Last year, the Government put the fines up for public parking and street parking nationwide as a requirement and now being found to be in a disabled designated space without a permit is a $750 fine”.
However, those who work in central Blenheim think that to achieve revitalisation of the centre of town believe reopening Wynen St carpark to all day parking will be a jumpstart.
“We used to have it able full of worker vehicles which made it really attractive to work in the CBD”, said one nearby worker who approached the Marlborough Weekly anonymously.
“Now we can only park four hours, it leaves us with this large space in the middle of town barely used and with limited parking that is rather well policed.
“For being so central, most of the day it is mostly empty for people meant to come into town while we get comments from our regular customers that they can’t find a close park. However, when they are ‘just popping into the shop’, Marlburians are being reminded to consider those in more need when illegally taking a disabled designated carpark.
Rebecca says that with Marlborough having an older population and generally more understanding of the issues facing retirees, the dual approach of fine signage and general reminders why the spaces are required.
“These parks are specifically placed for ease of use for permit holders, whether it’s being slightly bigger or positioned with ease of access onto footpaths for those using their own vehicles or near to ramps for wheelchairs to access footpaths.
“It may be an out of sight, out of mind thing for some, but it’s just courtesy for our fellow Kiwis and an easy couple of extra seconds parking slightly further away to save a bit of financial pain”.