The Issue

Currently, there is a P15 parking zone on Seaview Avenue on the side heading towards Onewa Road where customers can park to access the corner shops and takeaway restaurants. To ensure vehicles can still pass through the narrow street, no stopping at all times broken yellow lines are on Seaview Avenue on the opposite side of the P15 zone.

This parking setup could be improved to allow customers and suppliers better access to the businesses. Currently, they have to walk across the street to reach the shops, and if they are carrying lots of heavy stuff, it creates a trip hazard and other safety risks. Also, removing street parking on Onewa Road will make the parking access on Seaview Avenue more crucial to the businesses. It's important that the parking setup off the main road is as efficient as possible for their customers and suppliers.

Our Solution

To resolve this issue, we plan to flip the existing parking setup on Seaview Avenue so that the P15 parking zone will now sit on the side heading from Onewa Road, immediately adjacent to the shops. The broken yellow lines will sit on other side. With this change, customers and suppliers turning from Onewa Road can quickly park right next to the shops and bring back or deliver goods without having to walk across the street, where they might encounter oncoming traffic. The number of carpark spaces allowed for the new P15 zone will stay the same.

This change will be implemented later this year in the summertime along with scheduled road maintenance works and should be completed before the 2026 school year starts.

Next Up: Nutsey Avenue Clearway

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