Delay to city centre overnight parking welcomed

Heart of the City, Auckland’s city centre business association, welcomes Auckland Transport’s decision to keep overnight parking free for another year.   

Viv Beck, Chief Executive, Heart of the City says that  “AT is to be commended for taking on board feedback about city centre overnight parking. It was far from ideal when plans to charge for overnight parking were thrust on the community last year.  After everything the city centre has dealt with in recent years,this is not the time to be introducing charges of this nature.”

“Fortunately, AT has listened and recognised the importance of supporting economic recovery by not introducing overnight on-street charges until March 2026.

Importantly this will be closer to the opening of the City Rail Link, which we signalled as a significant milestone that needed to be taken into account in their decision making.

We just hope that the City Rail Link opens early in 2026!”

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