It’s council’s answer to hooning in Loganholme.
The city’s authority has put in “no-stopping” signs.
And stop at your peril – fines will be imposed on anyone who disobeys rules of the new no-stopping zone.
Signage has been installed on Chetwynd Street and adjoining streets, restricting parking between 6pm and 5am. Trucks are excepted.
The new zoning aims to deter hooning by providing police with another means of prosecuting both offenders and onlookers illegally stopped in the area, a council statement said.
Similar signs have gone in at Crestmead and Meadowbrook.
Hooning Taskforce chair Jacob Heremaia said increased enforcement was vital to disrupting and deterring hooning.
“The installation of no-stopping signs in our industrial areas is about sending a clear message to would-be hoons that they are not welcome,” Cr Heremaia said.
“Council has worked closely with local police on the rollout of this initiative, which importantly, aids police in not only moving hoons on but also in taking enforcement against them.”
Councillor Miriam Stemp said: “Ultimately, the hardworking businesses and community groups based in the area do not deserve to have their premises or their safety threatened by the activities of irresponsible hoons.
“Council welcomes all feedback from the local community and will continue to work with them to ensure their operations can remain business as usual, while we rollout this targeted approach to hooning in the area.”
The no-stopping zone also extends to Emma Place and to the southern section of the Pacific Highway service road.
Dangerous or reckless driving behaviour should be reported via the 13HOON hotline (134 666).
