I LOOK sadly almost daily at the businesses at the top end of Hunter Street and their plight with parking that no-one is listening to. The influx of builders working on various big projects means there has been a flood of trades all needing parking, but spaces are limited. Although I can sympathise with the workers because they need to park conveniently to their workplace, the businesses are screaming for parking spaces, particularly in the mall area where almost all the spaces are taken most of the days.
There are not a lot of shops left standing there and although we can see the vision of what Hunter Street might become, the stores that have been there for some years are now really suffering. With the arrival of Supercars there are road closures and parking at Nobbys is gone as well. A solution must be found to this problem or when Supercars are finally packed up and gone there will be none of the old Newcastle businesses remaining. Perhaps the answer lies in parking on the land next to the harbour at Newcastle West on Honeysuckle Drive and providing transport to Newcastle Mall for the workers.
