Community consultation is now open for you to have your say on the parking restrictions in and around the Lilydale Activity Centre.
Yarra Ranges Council has been contacted with concerns that the high number of one and two hour parking spaces does not meet the needs of the community.
As a result, the council has prepared the Lilydale Parking Precinct Plan with increases in the number of three and four hour spaces in areas where longer parking may be required.
The council would like to hear from business owners, residents and visitors as to whether the proposed changes within the Lilydale Parking Precinct Plan meet the needs of the community.
The engagement website, Shaping Yarra Ranges, has details of the proposed changes to some of the time restrictions and the council want to hear from the community whether it got it right. The consultation is open until 18 December.
Yarra Ranges Mayor Jim Child said the council and community members had identified areas where parking could be improved.
“We’ve had a number of discussions with business owners in and around Lilydale over the recent months and now we have opened consultation up to the broader community,” Cr Child said.
“Working out what the parking restrictions are for certain areas can be challenging but we’re hoping to receive feedback from the community as to whether we have got the proposal right.
“This consultation will help us better align parking to the changing needs of the community – losing restricted parking in some areas and changing the hours of restriction in others. This will enable better turnover in high-traffic areas, ensuring that there are places for customers to park and places where business operators can park too.
“We know there are areas in town where community members need longer stay parking, where turnover isn’t critical – but we also have areas like Lillydale Lake where many people like all day parking, but some people are only staying for a short time so parking closer would be beneficial.
“This is a fine balance to strike, so we’re asking the community to give us feedback about the proposed change to parking restrictions – what they like, and what they’d like to see changed.”
Information will be posted to local businesses about the consultation, how to get involved and an invitation to provide their feedback.
The consultation will be open until 18 December which will enable the new restrictions to be installed from February 2025.
