Work will commence early next year on widening the car park at Nicholls shops to improve safety and circulation and is expected be to completed within 3 months.

The work will involve widening the existing car park at Nicholls shops by two metres to improve traffic circulation and safety

Drivers are currently having difficulties reversing out of the car bays which can sometimes also contribute to traffic banking up towards Kellaway Avenue.

Roads ACT has also assessed car parking availability at Nicholls shops to determine if any additional spaces were required.

Three separate parking surveys at Nicholls shops have recently been completed. Two of these were undertaken over the course of a week, while the other one was done over three days. The surveys each looked at car parking availability during the day and the evening.

The surveys indicated that parking utilisation varied from between 12% capacity (or 6 out of 50 spaces) to 86% capacity (or 43 out of 50 spaces). Average utilisation was at 36% capacity during lunchtime and 44% during the evening peak.

On the basis of these surveys Roads ACT have determined that there is no evidence to indicate that the car park needs to be expanded at this point in time.

Local traders and residents are being informed via a letter in regard to the work and the outcome of the car parking surveys.