Will Chapel Street Survive If On-Street Parking Is Removed
The City of Stonnington is currently in the process of creating a masterplan for their Chapel Street Transformation Project. Their ambitious goal is “to transform Chapel Street into one of the great streets of the world.” This project is heavily supported by cycling lobbying groups who are wanting to see on-street parking removed from Chapel Street in order to create safe cycling passageways. It is possible that the council may head in that direction. Such an outcome is feasible since there have been many cyclist injuries and even some deaths on this very popular cycling corridor that runs from Princess Hwy all the way to the Yarra River, along Chapel Street. A possible outcome will be to remove all on-street parking on Chapel Street from Greville Street, Prahran all the way to Toorak Road, South Yarra. This would take out a very large chunk of convenient car parking spaces from this large retail, dining and entertainment precinct. It seems that Chapel Street needs plentiful parking