According to Mr Trevor Brownrigg, a frequent visitor from Victoria, enough is enough! Recently he had to make an unscheduled trip to Australia but missed the ferry. Thanks to C: Drives ongoing policy of storing their hire vehicles in and operating their business in the carpark.
"The company's flagrant disregard of the terms of parking and outrageous inconveniencing of legitimate users among the island community who support their business defies all the rules of common decency!", Mr Brownrigg stated.
To prove his point Mr Brownrigg submitted several photographs of C: Drive's car park stored vehicles, see images below and some of the vehicles forced to park illegally elsewhere.see image above
"This is at least the eighth time recently that I have found no parking bays with C:drive vehicles parked all over the carpark for days on end so I started taking photos a few times a day to check if they had been moved.They hadn't!"
Mr Brownrigg went on to say that whilst he understood that the "Qld Transport department controlled carpark has always been a bureaucratic "cock-up" he made a clear statement that "-no legitimate operator with a sense of common decency would add to the carpark woes by acting in such an unethical, uncaring manner". Mr Brownrigg further suggested that, "perhaps they (C:Drive) have made a shonky deal with Qld Transport as they don't seem to have a legitimate holding yard for their vehicles like the other (rental) companies are compelled to have".
Mr Brownrigg did concede the point that C: Drive were only one of many offenders. A substantial number of private vehicles appeared to be stored long term in the car park including a red Sirion with months old debris under the wheels, a silver Toyota 4wd & a white Holden Barina hatchback (months at a time) to list a few and at least 3 abandoned vehicles ..
Mr Brownrigg whilst on the island commutes regularly & like many commuters & ferry users he has had similar parking problems before.And his final words were; "When will someone deal with this problem?"
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farcebook believes that hell will freeze over before any Transport Department bureaucrat capable cares enough to do anything.
If you feel strongly about this follow the link QLD Department of Transport and Main Roads
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Post by Chris, Duty Moderator
2 comments:
"I'm not sure I want wholesale car parking cops policing the area BUT why does one company use a public funded car park to run it' s business & take up vital spots.
I also think respect should be given to reserved spots. I have made comments on other site too."
As we stated in an earlier post on this issue: "The Farcebook team is firmly against over regulation. We have had enough of big-brother bureaucracies. We don't need more regulating. We don't want Queensland Transport Storm Troopers rolling rough shod over all & sundry. The issue is simply to stop specific Hire Car operators" and other unauthorised vehicles, private & commercial, "from taking up space for legitimate users of this ill conceived car park."
Both the previous Beattie & Bligh Queensland ALP governments, the 'would I lie to you' Howard LNP Federal government in cahoots with, the 'there's nothing shady or shoddy about us & we don't give a damn', Queensland Transport department are entirely responsible for the initial cock up and the ongoing mess at the Nelly Bay Car Park
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