A motion at the Queensland Local Government Conference (LGAQ) conference calling on the State Government to investigate and develop options for managing the long-term storage of recreational vehicles such as caravans, trailers, boats and mobile homes on local roads has been passed.
The motion was supported by the membership and will now form part of the LGAQ’s advocacy platform on behalf of councils and their local communities.
The council said the aim was to address growing concerns around safety, parking capacity and neighbourhood amenity across many Queensland communities.
It says the current legislative framework does not provide councils with practical tools to manage this issue effectively.
Some caravans are left on the street for extended periods. PIC: Cizza
Sunshine Coast Mayor Natoli spoke to the motion asking delegates to support a push for the LGAQ to advocate to the State for options allowing councils to manage the storage of recreational vehicles on roads.
“This is an issue impacting our council and others across the state with residents complaining about safety concerns, a lack of available parking and neighbourhood streets that are clogged and ugly,” she said. “We receive 700 complaints a year plus thousands of signatures on petitions and we are not alone … we are calling for the State Government to assist us with legislation to manage this for our communities.”
This now means the LGAQ will add this item to its agenda for advocacy work in the year ahead.
There will be no immediate changes to any policy.
“There is a long way to go and there will opportunity for public consultation before any changes are progressed,” Mayor Natoli said.
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I believe it would be to the advantage for councils to provide long term secure parking for RVs. We don’t like being forced to park in unsafe parking. The only 1 that I know of who does it right is at Dakabin owned by the church. I believe some showgrounds could help out too.
Yes, it’s an inevitable result of the camping boom plus higher density living.
Is it really a problem though?
We live in an area full of town houses with RVs parked in the street, we just drive around them.