FAQs
Will parking permits be available to residents and businesses?
Parking permits are not available in this area. A requirement of Residential Parking Zones (RPZ) is that they are zoned as residential in the Auckland Unitary Plan (AUP). The area within this proposal is zoned as business/mixed use and while there may be residential elements within the area, these tend to be of an intensified nature which would inevitably bring an unsustainable demand for permits should they be offered.
Why not install P120 restrictions instead?
Paid parking with no time limits helps manage parking demand and is a flexible way to manage parking. It works really well in high parking demand areas and allows parking to be shared between the residents, businesses and visitors.
Time restrictions don’t work for people as people regularly overstay the time restrictions and risk being issued a parking ticket.
How can I pay for parking?
Parking Machines
All parking machines will be pay by plate, allowing for an easy, paperless system that works using your vehicle’s registration number. To pay for parking, you enter your vehicle registration (licence plate) number into the parking machine and pay for the amount of time you wish to park. The machines accept credit and debit cards and ‘tap and go’ technology, e.g. Visa payWave and Mastercard PayPass.
AT Park App
The AT Park app for iPhone and Android smartphones makes it easier to pay for on-street parking. We’ll still install pay by plate machines, but you will also have the option of paying for parking using the AT Park app. Benefits of the app include pay only for the time you use, get text reminders when your parking is due to expire, easy to use map with parking locations and prices, with no transaction fees. For more information and to download the app, go to AT Park in your app store.
Is this aligned with paid parking in the surrounding area?
Yes, this would bring Edgerley Avenue into alignment with the paid parking on surrounding streets, and the Newmarket Paid Parking Zone.