David Coleman (Banks, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

There was great news in the Banks electorate over the weekend, with the state government confirming that it will be building a new car park in Beverly Hills. Last year we secured $2.5 million of federal funding for this much-needed car park, and the state government has now confirmed that that car park will be going ahead. I want to thank everyone in the community who has supported my campaign on this issue over the past two years, in particular Cliff Yung at D to D cafe on King Georges Road in Beverly Hills who has really galvanised and led the small business community in coming together to say we need this car park to be built.

For far too long at Beverly Hills when you try to get a parking spot particularly on the weekend when people are going out to restaurants or to the movies it has been an absolute mess and an absolute nightmare, and that issue will now be fixed. Shortly the state government will be releasing the timetable for the new car park. It will include a substantial number of additional parking spaces, and it is going to mean that the hundreds of people who are employed in the small businesses in Beverly Hills, the thousands of residents who go to Beverly Hills to shop and to eat, go to the movies and do a whole range of other things, will be able to get parking so much more easily than they can now. This is a great result for our community and I do commend the state government on taking action on this.