位于澳大利亚墨尔本Prahran地区的Chapel Street停车场将进行大规模调整。[1]Stonnington市议会投票决定关闭Elizabeth Street停车场的257个车位和Little Chapel Street停车场的99个车位，合计超过350个停车位。[1]这一举措旨在应对维州政府拥堵税带来的财政压力，该税每年将使市议会增加414万澳元的成本。[1]
Elizabeth Street停车场的剩余373个停车位将保留给零售客户使用，并提供全天一小时免费停车的优惠。[1]市议会的数据表明，这两个受影响停车场的平均占用率仅为三分之一，而邻近的Prahran Square停车场平均满率达48%，足以容纳被重新分配的车辆。[1]停车场关闭计划将在8周内完成。[1]
Stonnington City Council has voted to close more than 350 parking spaces across two facilities in Melbourne's Prahran area along Chapel Street in response to mounting costs from the state government's congestion tax [1]. The closure will eliminate 257 spaces at Elizabeth Street car park and 99 spaces at Little Chapel Street car park, with work set to be completed within eight weeks [1].
The remaining 373 spaces at Elizabeth Street car park will be converted to retail customer-only parking and will offer one hour of free parking throughout the day [1]. According to council data, the two affected car parks have operated at only one-third capacity on average, while the nearby Prahran Square car park maintains a 48 percent average occupancy rate and has sufficient capacity to accommodate the displaced vehicles [1]. The state government's congestion tax is set to cost the council 4.14 million Australian dollars annually [1]. Elizabeth Street car park qualifies for a 50 percent tax discount [1].