File ref: IRC-5737
26 January 2024
Chris McCashin
[FYI request #24853 email]
Kia ora Chris,
Parking Meters
Thank you for your request made under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings
Act 1987 (the Act), received on 24 November 2023. You requested the fol owing information:
1.
Total Number of new solar/parking meters instal ed and to be instal ed.
2.
Total Number of meters that will be removed.
3.
Dates these old meters were installed - estimated life of the old meters.
4.
Total Cost per meter - cost to buy, instal , labour, etc broken down.
5.
Total Cost for the project overall.
6.
Cost for removal including labour and disposal.
7.
Total cost to remove all the meters.
Wellington City Council has partly granted
your request for information.
Background Information
Wel ington City Council has the strategic directive to move more people with fewer cars. Through
the District Plan, our
public space programme and
walking improvements, as well as the
Bike
Network Plan , implementing the right transport network for Wellington will ensure that everyone
has access to active and public transport routes that reduce emissions and connect our city.
This has an impact on what on-street parking is available across the city. In 2020, the
Parking
Policy was refreshed with the eye to recommending new settings that reflect the current and
future parking needs of the city, taking into account of the aspirations o
f Our City Tomorrow.
The Parking landscape is changing and dynamic, and therefore the technology utilised needs to be
responsive to the ongoing improvements to the city. Updating our technology to al ow us to better
support the implementation of the parking policy.
Question 1 - The total number of new solar/parking meters instal ed and to be instal ed.
The total number of new parking meters is 400. Of those 400, 365 were installed by 3 January
2024, with another 6 meters instal ed the week of 15 January.
16 old meters have been removed as of the week of 15 January, with a further 16 new meters
scheduled to be installed in the same location as these old meters starting the week of 23 January
2023.
The final 13 parking meters are al ocated in various spot that currently have active construction,
these meters will be installed as soon as the construction works are completed, and it is safe to do
so.
Question 2 - The total number of meters that wil be removed.
A total of 446 old parking meters will be removed which began in early January 2024.
Question 3 - The dates these old meters were instal ed - estimated life of the old meters.
The Pay by Space system was fully implemented in August 2016. This replaced the previous pay
and display system. The original parking meters were installed from 2004 onwards and were
updated to al ow them to operate the pay-by-space system.
In subsequent years the Council made decisions to establish new paid parking areas across the city
which required additional meters to be installed which included the installation of a number of
cashless parking machines.
The life expectancy of the parking meters was estimated to be between 7-10 years and the
majority of the old meters fell into this category.
The differing models of the parking meters were installed as listed below:
Meter Model
Year(s) Instal ed
Global Plus
2004
Metro Mk3
2008/2009/2010/2021
Metro Mk2
2008
Metro Mk5
2011/2013
Metrolite
2018/2021
Metrolite Plus
2021
Questions 4 to 7 -
Total Cost per meter - cost to buy, instal , labour, etc broken down
Total Cost for the project overal .
Cost for removal including labour and disposal.
Total cost to remove al the meters.
After thorough consultation the decision to withhold information relating to the purchase price of
the technology has been made under section 7(2)(b)(ii) of the Act, where making available the
information would likely prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied the
information.
Right of review
If you are not satisfied with the Council’s response, you may request the Office of the Ombudsman
to investigate the Council’s decision. Further information is available on the Ombudsman website,
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.
Please note, we may proactively release our response to your request with your personal
information removed.
Thank you again for your request,
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Kind regards,
Ollie Marchant
Official Information
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