9 Nov 2023

Karangahape Road businesses unhappy over removal of car parks

From Morning Report, 7:28 am on 9 November 2023

Businesses along Auckland's Karangahape Road say they are looking at taking take legal action against plans to strip out car parking.

From Monday, all car parking along the road will be gone, but plans to replace them with full bus lanes have now been delayed until February Auckland Transport says until then, the car parks will operate as a loading zone for shuttles, taxis, and buses between 10am and 3pm, and as a bus lane outside of those hours.

Local shop owners say there's been no consultation.

Jordan Dunn reports.