Dunedin city councillors and community representatives given the job of untangling the city's parking problems have started their work.
Armed with maps of the former parking regime, a working party headed by deputy mayor Syd Brown toured the city on Monday, to view what is in place following the controversial changes introduced in July.
Yesterday, all councillors met to give their views on the situation.
Last week, the council reversed some of the changes that prompted an outcry from retailers, who complained the new regime was stifling business in the city.
At the weekend, four-hour time limits were reduced and the council promised to review its strategy, including the unpopular $4-an-hour fee in the city centre.
Cr Brown said yesterday the working party was given information from surveys and other data that had been collected.
He would not release that information, as he said the working party wanted time to assess the information without "vested interests" making the situation more difficult than it already was.
However, the working party had to "take the public with us on the journey" to fixing the problem, and it was hoped preliminary results would be available next Wednesday, he said.
Further reports for meetings next Monday and Tuesday had been ordered, and the working party would begin deliberations then.
Expert advice might be needed to make sure decisions fitted in with government legislation, he said.
"We've got to make sure the process is robust, and that we give it our best shot."
