Melbourne Zoo wants more
parking. According to a newspaper article last week they are currently
allocated 1500 parking spaces at Royal Park and they want a further 1000
spaces, possibly in a multi-level car park. That would give them 2,500 car
spaces.
Their justification for more
parking is based on expanding their 1.4 million visitors per annum numbers to 2
million over the next 5 years. Train or tram lines run past the zoo but only
15% of patrons choose to use public transport.
You can make an interesting
comparison with the Queen Vic Market which, according to some figures compiled some time ago, gets 10 million visitors per
year (that was before the night market started). QVM is currently only
guaranteed 720 car parking spaces. We also have public transport running past
our market although many people prefer to use cars, particularly if they have
to carry heavy parcels of food.
Traders had been asking for
their 720 car park spaces plus replacements for spaces recently removed
from surrounding streets, and if QVM plans to remove trader vehicles from
stalls, a further allowance for trader vehicles. The
more you look at it, the more reasonable that request becomes especially if the
Melbourne Zoo plan has merit.
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