The Dunedin City Council has stopped taking bookings for leased car parks across the city as motorists scramble to find a guaranteed space to stop. Figures released late last week showed all the council's leased car parks were significantly oversubscribed, including some with waiting lists longer than the number of spaces on offer. There were 39 leased car parks available at Queens Gardens, for example, but a waiting list of 44 people lining up for the next one to become available. The Dowling St car park, which offered 61 leased spaces, had a waiting list of 51 people, while the Thomas Burns St car park, which offered 128 spaces, had a waiting list of 46 people. Council figures showed there were now 6249 marked car parks of all types in the central city, included unrestricted, time-restricted and per-hour charged parks.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 15, 2019 15:00 UTC