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GRAND TIME: Youngsters Carter Walters and Molly Fereday were among patrons in a strong turn-out to Horsham Show on Friday night and Saturday. Amid beautiful spring weather, the Horsham event, which both embraced tradition and introduced a range of new attractions, is the first in the calendar of Wimmera shows, which follow throughout October and November. Story and more photos, pages 20-21. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER
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Parking changes BY JESSICA GRIMBLE
Shopping H Spree This Thursday, September 28 LIFT-OUT INSIDE
orsham Rural City Council will introduce a window of free parking and offer longer stays at no cost among a suite of changes to its paid parking arrangements across the city’s centre.
The council received more than 2000 submissions to its parking management review, in the form of a council-run survey and communityled petition. The review came six months after the council implemented new parking arrangements, including new meters and two zones, to much community angst.
The council adopted changes to its parking plan at a meeting on Monday night. The council’s director communities and place, Kevin O’Brien, said it would take some time to implement the changes — including installing new signs and relocating meters — with timeframes still being finalised. After a 45-minute debate, the motion passed 4-3 with councillors Penny Flynn, Robyn Gulline, Les Power and Bob Redden voting in favour. The changes are: 30 minutes free parking for those using a metered two-hour park; introducing four bays of 30-minute free unmetered parking
at the post office; an increase of 58 all-day parking bays and 30 four-hour parking bays in close proximity for those wanting to park beyond two hours with no charge; no charge at the parking meter for people with an accessible parking permit, noting it will be time limited as sign-posted; relocating and installing additional meters so people will walk no further than 30 metres to use a meter; and two new long-vehicle parks in Ward Street for vehicles with caravans to access the visitor information centre. Despite the changes, people must still enter their vehicle’s registration in a meter, or via the Blinkay mobile
phone app, to claim a free parking period. There was regular interjection from the gallery during debate, including both applause and criticism, that prompted mayor Gulline to warn on four occasions that gallery members were observers only, and she would ‘clear the gallery’ if councillors were not respected. Most councillors raised the cost of living crisis — some stating paid parking added to the community’s stress; others stating the crisis was the biggest influence on a ‘quiet’ city centre in recent months. Continued page 5
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