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Decision on parking fees at Christchurch Hospital
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City Council media release Decision on parking fees at
Christchurch Hospital A compromise has been reached on the
decision to increase fees at the Councillors voted today to increase
fees in the public parking building However fees for
parking on hospital site fees will only rise from
75 On-site parking will be
restricted to patients and visitors only and In
emergency situations, patients and families who are forced
to exceed Car parking charges in the building will be
capped at $17 a day. City Environment General Manager Jane Parfitt
says parking charges at "In Auckland,
charges are $3 for the first hour increasing to $17 for
a "We believe the proposed changes are a compromise
which benefits "We have been in consultation with the
CDHB and realise some hospital ends
Christchurch Public
Hospital car park.
to $1.10 a half hour,
making them the same as other Council car
parking
buildings and inline with charges set down in the
Long-term Council
Community Plan.
cents to 80 cents per half hour, much less than
initial proposals.
there will
be a time restriction of 120 minutes. Specifically
designated
staff parking on the site will remain.
parking limits in the hospital site will be
able to seek relief from the
Council on compassionate
grounds.
Patients and families who are high
or long-term users of the parking can
still apply to the
Canterbury District Health Board for a
Council-funded
parking concession as is currently
available.
Christchurch Hospital are
comparable with those in other centres.
day,'' she says. "The Wellington Hospital car park
charges are $3 an
hour, increasing to $8 for over four
hours. Dunedin Hospital does not
have its own car
park.
patients and visitors while fitting in
with the fees which were
previously set in the LTCCP,''
Mrs Parfitt says.
staff will not be happy
with the proposal, but the CDHB provides a
dedicated
staff car park in close proximity. It is not the
Council's
responsibility to provide parking for hospital
staff rather to ensure
public access to the
hospital.''
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