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DRIV ERS have been of vehicles withou t trailers parking photographed drivers were ignoring restric Point, Morni tions at Schna choosing boat and pper to park in trailer As well ngton. the The mayor area. in the boat visitors, as being watche Cr Simon the issue the d considerablytrailer area has by Morni drivers risk beingby other of cars withou Brooks said parking decreased booke t trailers in ficers whongton Peninsula “This area . into why car park the designated Shire of- d so cars withouis not a no stoppi had boat trailer since this have stepped up chosen forthe three parkin Schnapper long been a ng zone, t trailers park for problem parking. month’s introdu patrols the $1 million g areas were Point. are trial. up at ction of “We expect for paid paid parkin the driver to two minute allowed to paid Schnapper the parking”. s, pilot to Gill said g Point, near improve visitor paid parkin This is to remains with the as long as Flinders He said the equipm there was no need the pier this situati make it and Sunny g for mistak the “latest reason at Mothe allow drop-offs vehicle. easier for Eliza are on ent and side Beach at small and pick-u rs Beach park,” he s” given boat owner and technologyto test “is that es in the paid parkin . test the the three sites chosen , Mount said. “The camer ps works locations, as we s to “in the proces shire’s paid “Our officer were told a techno everyw to for s was rushed g trial summer. “Signs went the parking logy used s have been pilot the Schna “Why didn’t here else alread it trial over ”. up at Flinde the mornin enters this means any vehicl patrolling One Morni y”. council location rs pier on four times pper Point car park e that trial in a monitoring g of the start date. to attached area without a The News ngton residen at least large work on see if such a projec boat trailer and parking a day since the cameras Paid for parking the two minute remains for pilot began of empty to say there weret contacted visitor paid to police t would [are] profitable? required scale longer than car parkin “We have “plenty” on an infring s will be liable Gill said yet to be seen. illegal here to be g spaces found that 1 December. to receiv ement “We spent , but many lation of camer with to a counci he was “looki e Meanwhile, notice.” ng as and new the instal‘smart parkinanother million number l vote Cr enforc on when forward” issues related of cars withou David Gill signag dollars g’ in ing if a paid to start said to t trailers e, the “seem parking Rye not long ago, on seeking to fines on “unregistered parked to have the paid parkin that area trial g trial just begun locals hour paymelegally avoid the made more was a good idea He said ”. Gill said an investi $6.50 an nt”. sense.” He specul gation was were out he believed counci ated wheth needed motion of llors er a to “who don’t step with the ing fined prevent residen notice of accept counci community ts from would be be“because llor suppor it could allowed or rejecte t tional matter be deeme d an opera-d ”.
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