Dear Ms Lindsay,

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 30 October 2024 regarding Whanganui District Council's parking meter reports.

We received your request on 30 October 2024. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 27 November 2024, being 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact me on (06) 349 0001 or by return email. If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact me so that these can be taken into account.

Kind regards,

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Dear Ms Lindsay,

 

I refer to your official information request dated 30 October 2024
regarding Whanganui District Council's parking meter reports.

 

The information you have requested is as follows.

 

1)  Please provide the parking meter reports showing the number of total
transactions by each off street parking location for the following two
quarters

 

1 July 2023 to 30 September 2023

1 July 2024 to 30 September 2024

 

The format used by ICC that has the same meters is fine:
[1]https://fyi.org.nz/request/25811-usage-o...

 

The locations wanted are for the avoidance of doubt:

 

Winstone car park            St Hill Street       

Moutoa car park               Motoua Quay   

Phoenix car park               Drews Avenue  

Wharenui car park           Ingestre Street  

Museum carpark              Cameron Terrace (hill side only)

 

Transactions for the period of 1st july 2023 --> 30th September
2023                                                                                       
                               

                                                                                                                               

                                Moutoa               
Phoenix                Wharenui            Winstone

                                                                                                                               

Cash                      460                       
802                        247                        2127

Card                       396                       
579                        183                        1825

Phone*                 491                       
519                        48                           1512

                                                                                                                               

Total                      1347                    
1900                     478                        5464

                                                                                                                               

* Phone includes, ParkMate app and ParkEasy (QR Code web
access)                                                                                       
                               

                                                                                                                               

Transactions for the period of 1st july 2024 --> 30th September
2024                                                                                       
                               

                                                                                                                               

                                Moutoa               
Phoenix                Wharenui            Winstone

                                                                                                                               

Cash                      375                       
770                        151                        1584

Card                       519                       
719                        116                        1284

Phone*                 123                       
170                        55                           401

                                                                                                                               

Total                      1017                    
1659                     322                        3269

                                                                                                                               

* Phone includes, ParkMate app and ParkEasy (QR Code web
access)                                                                                       
                               

                                                                                                                               

Note: Queens park (museum) is not a metered area this is a mix of Rental
parking and P120 Time limit                     
                                                                                               

 

2) Please also provide the number of parking tickets issued for the new
parking meters and location of Rutland Street from 1 July 2024 to 30
October 2024.

 

48 Infringements

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman
of this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available
at [2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to
contact me on 06 349 0001 or by return email.

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Hayley Fitzgerald

 

On behalf of

Rob Goldsbury

General Counsel

 

 

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