Parking in the Village

Someone asked about overall parking availability in the village. There are a total of some 243 spaces in the village, including street parking. Of these, 97 spaces are The Module (48 at the rear over Franklins, and 49 in the main area). There are 65 spaces in the Arcade parking areas, 27 near the firestation, 8 in front of R&H, 14 in front of 5 Wongalla, and about 32 on Wongalla Rd and Hannah St. There are also a number of private spaces behind many of the shops.
The key factor then is that The Module car park is nearly half of the available off-street public parking. But people need to remember that it is not "public", it is for use of staff and customers of shops and offices in The Module.
But it is clear that there is lots of parking available, so we should be encouraging the friendly village atmosphere of the precinct, not forcing people away by only letting them park for the "authorised" two hours. Our motto should be "Come and Browse".