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Torquay carpark sealed after summer

1 December 2004

Surf Coast Shire will construct the gravel carpark off Bristol Rd in Torquay next year, after the busy summer holiday peak period has passed.

Infrastructure manager Sunil Bhalla said that the council had considered constructing the carpark when the adjacent Safeway supermarket car park was constructed,

"We felt that delaying work on the gravel area until April 2005 would minimise the inconvenience to the Torquay community," he explained.

"After the peak holiday period is over, we expect that the new supermarket car park will provide alternative parking, while we close off and construct the gravel area."

Mr Bhalla said construction of the area, which is bounded by Bristol Rd, Cliff St and Walker St was expected to take up to two months.

He said that the council-owned carpark area had been used as an informal parking area for a number of years.

Sealing and line marking would increase the capacity, and when constructed the carpark would provide 76 spaces.

This will be in addition to the 137 parking spaces recently created as part of the new supermarket, as well as other existing kerbside and off street spaces.

Source: Surf Coast Shire media release