How far should a government employee walk from the carpark to work? Well it seems that 200 metres is too far for some. According to the NSW Opposition, there is a duplication of some 147 car parking spots, mostly for Ministers, ministerial staffers, as well as Treasury and Department of Premier and cabinet bureaucrats. Apparently they all have parking spots allocated for them at Parliament House in Macquarie Street, as well as just around the corner in Governor Macquarie Tower in Bent Street. This duplication is costing the taxpayers in excess of $9500 per bay per year according to the Opposition Leader, Barry O’Farrell, who claimed this compared with the average market rate quoted by nearby carparks of around $5000 per bay. A spokesperson for Premier Rees, Korena Flanagan advised that the Ministers and government employees would be required to pay a car park levy of $2000 as of July. This levy was previously set at $950 per year. As for the other $7000? Well…… JP
all we need is a flexible ( not a rigid -fixed design ), jam free garage. Unfortunately the birth of this type of garage is blocked by vanity of the people already in parking industry.
Posted by: Harnadi Hidayat | 24 April 2009 at 08:03 PM