Media response - parking sensors
Published on 07 August 2023
Approach from Herald Sun
I noticed this update in this month's Monash Bulletin
We are installing parking sensors at some of our activity centres, to assist in increasing fair parking turnover for activity centre users and businesses, as well as to gain a better understanding of parking habits. Sensors will provide accurate and efficient detection of parking overstays, allowing us to better enforce parking restrictions. Importantly, parking officers will still be required to manually issue infringement notices – this will not be an automated process. For more information about the sensors, including where they’re installed across Monash and how we’re using them: https://www.monash.vic.gov.au/Parking-Streets-Footpaths/Parking/Parking-Fines/In-ground-parking-sensors
- Could I please ask you if this is the list of where the new sensors are going?
- Or are there more locations on the way?
- Have the sensors now been installed and are they now operating?
- Why were these locations chosen for the sensors?
- Could the council say how much it has spent installing the new sensors and how many it has installed?
- How much does the council collect in revenue from parking fines each year and does it expect to increase its parking fine revenue from the installation of the sensors?
- Could the council say where it collects the most parking fine revenue from (is there a particular area where it catches the most people illegally parking)?
Response
Council is installing parking sensors at some of our activity centres to assist in increasing fair parking turnover for activity centre users and businesses, as well as gaining a better understanding of parking habits.
Sensors will provide accurate and efficient detection of parking overstays, allowing us to better enforce parking restrictions. Importantly, parking officers will still be required to manually issue infringement notices – this will not be an automated process.
We have information about parking sensors on our website.
Background information
New sensor locations:
- Railway Parade, Oakleigh (near Huntingdale Road)
- Car parks around The Highway, Mount Waverley
- Atherton Road, Oakleigh
- Clayton Road between Centre and Carinish Roads, Clayton
- Hanover Off Street Car Park, Oakleigh
- Drummond St Off Street Car Park, Oakleigh
- Blackburn Road between High Street Road & Syndal Train Station
Traders in these areas were informed by letter and information was provided to all residents in a recent Monash Bulletin.
We have around 1500 sensors that were already installed across Monash, mostly in activity centres with high traffic/turnover. The sites include:
- Macrina St, Oakleigh South
- Kerrie Rd, Glen Waverley
- Various points in the Glen Waverley Activity Centre
- Alexander Street car park, Mount Waverley
- Chester Street, Drummond Street, Palmerston Grove, Portman St, and Station Street in Oakleigh
- Dunstan Street, Haughton Road, and Fregon Rd car park in Clayton
Last financial year, Council received $5.8m through parking infringements - the majority of these were in our activity centres and shopping strips. Council works with businesses in these areas to make sure the parking restrictions are suited to the area. The installation of the sensors do not come at an additional cost to Council as they form part of the works delivered by our parking enforcement contractor.
Installation of the sensors are installed by the contractor at mutually agreed locations based on operational needs to assist in successful contract delivery and better parking management across Monash. They also help Council to better understand parking utilisation and capacity in locations across the city.
Issued: 4 August 2023
To: Herald Sun
Quoting: Cr Tina Samardzija