The boom gates are operational and fees in effect at the Coles car park in Thirroul. Photo: Region.
Northern suburbs residents who frequent Thirroul Village have spotted a notable change to the Thirroul Plaza car park behind Coles.
Previously a free space, boom gates have now been installed in the popular car park, with the first hour and a half free and a flat rate of $10 charged per day thereafter. This clock ticks over at midnight each day.
The car park employs licence plate recognition technology, with CCTV and signage also installed.
Though officially opening this Monday (17 February), the boom gates are now operational and fees in effect.
Following a tender process, SolidVoid, the development manager for the property’s owner, Thirroul Plaza Developments, selected car park management company Secure Parking to run the operation.
“They fit the criteria commercially and as a partner going forward,” SolidVoid founder Louis Goulimis said. “It’s all paperless, but Secure Parking are very swift to respond if there are any issues.”
The works have also included repairs to large potholes in the car park and the removal of five spaces on either side of the boom gates from public availability.
These will be reserved by chain protection for staff and tenant use, which Mr Goulimis said would hopefully alleviate the logistical issues some Thirroul Plaza tenants had experienced.
“We’ve had a lot of complaints from tenants and shoppers that are using the shops at the plaza where there’s a lot of congestion,” he said. ”During peak hours, suppliers are unable to get in to do their jobs and unload. Many have been sent back to Sydney with full loads due to lack of access.
“We have an obligation to keep spaces available to them and shoppers, and we worked with Coles extensively to come up with the 1.5-hour limit for free parking. We believe this allows people to shop at Coles and the Plaza but also have a beer or a quick lunch, or even stop at the medical centre across the road.”
Mr Goulimis said the change to the car park was not part of the Thirroul Plaza redevelopment, which would involve community consultation workshops at various milestones to gather feedback that would help inform the proposed development.
“The results for the Big Ideas Community Survey are in and the raw survey results have been issued to members of the community. These will soon be shared with the broader community, with our own findings available after that,” he said.
“All that data is in our consultant brief for our planners and urban designers to use and analyse as they work on what the proposed development will be.
“The change to the car park is nothing more than us repositioning and improving the current assets while we go through the planning phases for the Thirroul Plaza redevelopment.”
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