CLIENT: CHAPEL STREET PRECINCT ASSOCIATION
OUTLET: HERALD SUN
Chapel St traders are up in arms over a draft plan to remove street parking to make way for bicycle lanes along their struggling shopping strip. Businesses say they are battling to survive during the COVID-19 crisis and the Stonnington council’s latest cycle strategy was a “heartless’’ move. Traders fear the loss of parking between Greville St and Toorak Rd.
Lucky Penny cafe owner Matt Lanigan said his trade had dropped by 80-90 per cent since the restrictions began four months ago and had turned the business to a takeaway and grocery shop
“This latest plan for the street is the last thing we need.’’