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Author: Paweł Butwiłowski | Publish date: 13 December 2019

Public consultation in the framework of parking policy

13 December 2019, Author: Paweł Butwiłowski

On Tuesday, December 3, a meeting was held open space with the inhabitants of Ełk in the framework of the development of parking lot Ełku. Meeting to identify places in the city where there are problems with parking, understanding the needs and ideas of residents to improve parking in a given place and increasing the availability of parking spaces.

The Open Space consultation meeting is the next stage of the public consultation under the "Smart Parking – increase the availability of parking spaces in Ełk" co-financed by the operational programme, Technical Assistance 2014-2020 and the State budget in the Ministry of Investment and Development grant competition "HUMAN SMART CITIES. Smart cities co-created by residents."

Goal meetings were to gather comments on parking matters and knowledge of the needs and ideas for tidying parking in the city. Present during the consultation, persons could share their opinion on the necessary changes to the comment on the existing actions to improving communication in our city.

Meeting was conducted in the Open Space formula. It was attended by dozens of people, in this m.in. officials, local councillors, entrepreneurs, representatives of the active inhabitants of the city.

Participants were divided into groups where they discussed parking problems in certain areas of the city and ideas for their solution. Reported proposals for solutions are m.in.:

·         Zone paid parking,

·         Construction multi-storey car parks,

·         injunction in the local implementation plans by developers of 30% of the public,

·         Free public transport for children,

·         Expansion bike paths and their connection,

·         Prohibition parking of heavy goods vehicles in residential housing.

All opinions will be collected in the document being developed and submitted for inspection in the the next stage of public consultation. The voice of the inhabitants of Ełk is a real influence the shaping of the space of our city, so we encourage you to take active participation in public consultations.

Poll! In the the Smart Parking project, the City Council asks for filling out a survey on parking in Ełk. Very important topic for all of us, both car users, other means of communication as well as pedestrians. Its aim is to learn about the expectations and opinions of the inhabitants, which will be used during the work on the new Parking Policy of Ełk.

The survey can be found at the link:
https://link.do/ankietaelk

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