u/pierpont-prime

Trucks blocking cycle-lane Orchard road every morning, Council refuse to enforce
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Trucks blocking cycle-lane Orchard road every morning, Council refuse to enforce

Every single weekday morning between 06:30am and 07:00am there are vehicles blocking the cycle / pedestrian path on orchard road, out the back of the airport bunnings.

This is the absolute peak of morning commuter traffic and despite heading into winter, cycle commuting has never been more popular.

Its beyond dangerous.

YES! I have been in touch with council trying to get enforcement before someone gets killed (shout out to Sameer, you're absolutely useless)

Generic reply ...

> A Parking Enforcement Officer must attend at the time of the offence to investigate and issue an infringement notice. This means that Council cannot act on email or photo evidence alone. To ensure we can send a parking officer to attend, please contact us on 03 941 8999 or 0800 800 169 when the offence is happening. Our parking team operate between 7am and 5.45pm on weekdays. Their weekend hours are 8am to 3.45pm.

I've been through the maps, this path is absolutely a cycle lane, the street is also painted in broken yellow lines.

Phones do not get answered before 7am, and most emails do not get replied to.

I'm beyond frustrated with this situation.

Does anyone have a solution?

u/pierpont-prime — 2 days ago