The Greater Wellington regional council is proposing charging park-and-ride users $5 a day, a charge that Wellington City Council documents say is “excessive”.
Wellington City councillors in the environment and infrastructure committee meeting on Thursday discussed advice that only 50 cents per parking use was needed to cover the maintenance costs for land that provided the currently free service.
Park-and-ride was introduced to get more people using public transport and is now being considered for charges in the Greater Wellington Regional Council’s 10-year regional public transport plan draft.
The councillors were presenting their advice on the regional council’s plan. Councillors backed the idea but others agreed some parts needed changing.
