In 2023, the City of Melbourne introduced a Kerbside Parking Strategy that committed to regular reviews of the kerbside parking system based on proactive engagement in local areas and sharing the data that underpins decision-making.

Southbank has 2,470 on-street parking spaces managed by the City of Melbourne. 16 per cent are restricted for certain users. 95 per cent of the remaining parking bays are managed with a fee to encourage turnover and optimise availability of parking spaces. 71 per cent of the bays available to all users are time-restricted. Considering all usage types, 65 per cent of parking in Southbank is paid and time-restricted.

On-street parking constitutes a small share of the parking available in Southbank. A further 11,000 commercial off-street parking spaces are also supplied, some dedicated to certain destinations and others provided by third parties for general use.

In Southbank, the cycle of regular reviews began with a round of engagement between October 2023 and January 2024. The engagement process included resident surveys, intercept surveys and discussion, a business survey sent to business owners, managers and employees.

We will be back in Southbank in 2025 to see how initial changes have worked and hear from community again.

There were 50 survey responses, 80% of which were from residents.

On average, residents were neutral about parking time limits and agreed that parking signage was easy to understand.

Residents generally agreed that some parking spaces are always full.

Conversely, respondents were generally neutral about the availability of on-street parking which suggests that although they may perceive parking to be somewhat scarce, this is not of concern.

Respondents tended to consider that at least some parking could be repurposed.

Recommendations have been made to council that include:

• Consistent controls across the neighbourhood.
• Extended hours for on street parking restrictions.
• Long term parking options moved to the Garden precinct.

The first set of changes for Southbank have been designed and implementation began in March 2024.

We won’t set and forget the new conditions once works are complete; we'll give the community time to adjust and then review the functionality and performance of the changes. We will undertake a comprehensive review of how these changes are functioning in November 2024.

For more information on changes in your street go to melbourne.vic.gov.au/parkingworks

We won’t set and forget the new conditions once works are complete; we'll give the community time to adjust and then review the functionality and performance of the changes. We will undertake a comprehensive review of how these changes are functioning in November 2024.

You can have your say any time on parking in your neighbourhood by completing the survey. The next review of your neighbourhood will use this data to inform future changes.