'Pathetic': Residents hit out at new parking rules on quiet Sydney street
Residents of a quiet Sydney cul-de-sac are up in arms after their street parking was stripped from them on bin collection days.
Disgruntled homeowners on Cherie Place in the western suburb of Bass Hill have voiced their concerns after council erected parking signs prohibiting parking on their street between 1am and 11am on Mondays.
Council says the move was necessary to enable trucks to access bins and manoeuvre the tight street outside seven properties.
But residents living in the street for years say there has been no issue before.
Resident Bill Barake told A Current Affair the council’s new rule was introduced without consultation.
“When I spoke to [council], they said: ‘Maybe we can organise to put the bins on one side of the cul-de-sac, truck drives in, reverses out, and that never happened’,” he said.
Mr Barake, who has lived on the street for 12 years, says he has nowhere to put his boat which he keeps parked in the street due to the substantial space on his driveway taken up by other vehicles.
Other residents voiced their concerns, with one female resident of nine years brandishing the change as “pathetic”.
One bin man told the Channel Nine show that the changes had improved access and that the rules were needed now due to changes in trucks.
He also said it benefited emergency vehicles accessing the area, a claim Mr Barake later rubbished.
“If it’s really a safety issue why aren’t there permanent signs?” he asked.
A City of Canterbury-Bankstown spokesperson told Yahoo News Australia that the signs were installed to make it easier for truck drivers to access the street and that residents were informed prior to their introduction.
“Parking restriction signs are installed in locations where bin emptying is difficult for our trucks, due to the number of vehicles being parked in the street,” the spokesperson said.
“These are only installed after impacted residents are informed and it has been approved by the local Traffic Committee, which includes Police.”
Council confirmed residents were able to submit their comments on the initial proposal, which were to be considered moving forward.
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