Last week we talked with Hamad from the new cafe Meadowbank Eatery that recently opened at the Meadowbank shops midway down Meadowbank Rd. He expressed his disappointment that the car parks in the area in front of the shops being used all day by people using the train and how that was negatively impacting on his customer’s ability to park near the cafe, likely making it less likely that people would stop in. This was certainly our experience during our visit, and the double parked car trying to get their laundry into the laundromat while we were there further backs this up. Time restricted parking in this area has been on our Transport Sub-committee’s list for a few years, and with cars parking as far away as Harapaki Rd for the train station now, we don’t expect this situation to improve any time soon.
We approached Orakei Local Board’s Transport Spokesperson Carmel Claridge who reports that in her next board report she will direct Auckland Transport to introduce time restricted parking in this area.
On another note, did you know it is essentially free with a HOP card to get the bus to the train station? All travel within the same zone is only charged once. Click here to see the route and timetable information.