Requested Action

For Kingborough Council to upgrade the visitor car park at the Taroona Bowls and Community Club.

Why?

Currently the car park lacks sufficient safety infrastructure, particularly for those with mobility issues. This is due to the poor condition of the access road and parking area as it lacks appropriate parking lines, disability parking spaces, and has large pot-holes and drainage issues.

Background

The visitor carpark situated between the Taroona Bowls and Community Club and the Taroona Tennis Club is accessed by a range of visitors from both Kingborough and Greater Hobart. This includes a large segment of members of our aged community including Taroona Bowls and Community Club members, Taroona Ex-Servicemen and Women and visitors to the Taroona Neighbourhood Garden or Apex Park.

The Taroona Bowls and Community Club is also home to several community events and the carpark is regularly full. For example, each year Taroona's ANZAC Day march begins at the Bowls Club and the carpark has been regularly cited as a safety issue for the Ex-Servicemen and Women who attend. This is due to the current parking area and access road being in poor condition: it is only partially sealed, lacks appropriate lines and sufficient disability parking spaces, has large pot-holes and drainage issues.

We therefore petition Kingborough Council to upgrade these areas as it will provide much-needed safe access for those community members. By providing a fully-sealed carpark with appropriate on-road infrastructure such as parking lines and disability parking spaces, accessibility will be improved for all visitors, particularly those with mobility issues. Completing this much needed upgrade to the access road and carpark will not only improve safety and traffic flow, it will also bring the area in to line with the high standard of roads and infrastructure enjoyed elsewhere within the Kingborough municipality.