Parking

Those left scratching their heads by changes to daylight saving this summer may not be alone in their confusion.

Few issues arouse public attention like parking. Most adults have access to cars, and most at some stage or another look for parking spaces.

A raft of parking changes made in Dunedin during the past few months appears to have brought the debacle of the Dunedin City Council's new parking strategy to a close.

The community will get its say on future parking options in the Queenstown CBD, when a proposal from the Queenstown Lakes District Council is opened for consultation as part of the next draft annual plan to be released in April.

A parking option which could affect 281 long-stay car parks on Ballarat and Boundary Sts will be discussed at the Queenstown Lakes District Council utilities committee meeting next week.

Banning campervans from car parks in the Queenstown CBD is being considered by the Queenstown Lakes District Council.

Dunedin parking officers have to issue $2.4 million worth of parking fines each year just to ensure drivers behave, a Dunedin City Council manager says.

The Southland Multiple Sclerosis Society says some of its members will no longer be able to use the society's holiday home in Queenstown once parking restrictions in Frankton come into effect.

A one-man parking protest against the city council has begun on a suburban Dunedin street.

Changes aimed at fixing Dunedin's inner-city parking have been confirmed, and with a last-minute concession for upset Frederick St retailers who led the charge.

Fixing parking in Dunedin following this week's change of heart by the Dunedin City Council will require dealing with a host of competing issues and interest groups.