VIC Council decisions affecting property prices

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  1. justine77

    justine77 Well-Known Member

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    my extended family have a property in st kikda east Caulfield north area and have had this property for decades . Council seem to do crazy things with an appearance of listening to feedback but actually they don’t
    They put speed limits on perfectly safe easy to drive streets that don’t need speed limits
    They block access to roads making it harder to drive where it was perfectly safe
    They demolish the best children’s playground parks before peak time of summer holidays when there was nothing unsafe , to replace it with worse parks that r user unfriendly and hard to supervise or relax in
    Now they want to remove all parking on a long main rd inkerman rd to make a cycling corridor
    They seem to be totally blind to all the lack of parking that already is there which we ve talked to council for decades about having permit only parking as there’s too little parking how it is a several 3 storey blocks of units or apartments that hog the few parking spots that there are for residents plus some schools around so parents parking
    How do we actually get council listening instead of them putting on an appearance of listening but continuing with decisions that they arrogantly think are right which are in fact very damaging to many Abd to the ratepayers who have lived for decades in this area which should be easy to drive in and live in if it wasn’t for the increasingly damaging changes the council keeps inflicting on that area . It’s St Kilda Abd Glen Eira councils
     
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    Talk to you local councillor.

    Of course, you may find several other people have their ear as well, and these people may have different opinions or thoughts than you.
     
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    This was how it was done in the past. These days (as in the past too) you get yourself on the Council by running for election.
     
  4. Scott No Mates

    Scott No Mates Well-Known Member

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    Council is listening. Cycling is more environmentally friendly than motor vehicles, they do not take up 8m of roadway for a parking space to service 1 person, contribute to the health of the nation, don't use fossil fuels, are convenient, do not have high impediments to ownership, create on noise or pollution.

    An unfounded obsession with car parks | Bicycle Network

    Traffic issues are caused primarily by cars. If council was serious about relieving congestion, it would remove the parking bays altogether. A bike lane shared with parked cars is lip service as it does not remove the risk of incidents from dooring in the bike lane.

    If you don't like bikes, ride the tram, trains or busses. How necessary is it to drive your car? You're possibly confusing convenience with necessity. I have made changes to my lifestyle which mean it's not rush rush rush but at a leisurely pace.

    Melbourne and the bayside suburbs are at ideal cycling area as it is predominately flat without steep inclines. About time that inner-city councils started some meaningful work on cycleway construction.
     
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    The entire road already has a full bike lane
    This is the best situation how it is
    To make such a huge long mainroad have no parking for so many of residents in order to fill it with thousands of bikes passing is a terrible thing to do . This is a prime area of quiet prime residential housing with much needed street parking . They taje the lovely roads that are working well and the good happy areas and ruin them . Parking for residents when how it is there isn’t enough and the current bike lane is a good balance for such an area . . I don’t even know how they could consider to remove all street parking fir residents churches schools .
    They can make different bike routes but not by ruining needed residential parking and not in prime residential areas
    Maybe some singles manage without a car but those with multiple young children rely on cars .this is a quiet prime family area that already has bike lanes .
     
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    Totally agree, instead we should lobby Dan Andrews, the roads authority and the leader of the opposition to resume wide swathes of houses, bulldoze the lot hence removing many of those who don't want the infrastructure and build a larger dedicated route through the area and leave the precious existing route intact.
     
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    There is a radio station in Melbourne you can call in the mornings to garner support for your plight.
     
  8. Shogun

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    Yes Yes. The riff raff in apartments shouldn't be able to park their cars on the road, same with those pesky parents who should walk their children to school not drive to drop them off. Street parking should only be for selected residents who have lived in the area for a long time no need for new residents to have this benefit.

    Quality troll post this one.
     
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    Scott No Mates Well-Known Member

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    Sounds like a good idea.

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    The big broken line closest to the kerb is "the bike lane" - unfortunately it is totally covered by parking bays.

    If anyone who has ridden a bike on a road like this, you realise that the safest place to ride is the central lane on the roadway as cars stop, park and people get out without notice in the kerbside lane. Most drivers do not open the door with their left hand (forcing them to look over their right shoulder for approaching traffic) so are totally unaware of the incidents that they may cause by their lack of spatial awareness.

    Removing parking from bike lanes would be a great advance for the councils in these areas.
     
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    Op knows best and everyone else is crazy and nobody listens.

    Or.
     
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    This.

    I would love for my local council to remove street parking and instead put in bike lanes.

    OP, street parking, if you dont need it yourself, reduces visual amenity I would have thought. Streets look a lot nicer without 100s of banged up cars lining the curb.
     
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