Tarneit train station could be one step closer to getting more parking.
Sonia Dhillon, who works for Tarneit MP Telmo Languiller, has started a petition to highlight the shortage of carparking spaces for V/Line’s second busiest station.
Ms Dhillon said it was possible the project could be funded under VicTrack’s station carpark upgrades program, which last year added another 150 spaces at Williams Landing train station.
She said a petition that could be tabled in Parliament was the best chance of getting a favourable result and she is trying to get as many signatures as possible in the next month.
Mr Languiller has already agreed to table the petition and lobby the relevant ministers.
“Parking at Tarneit train station is a major concern for the commuters of Tarneit every day,” Ms Dhillon said.
“It is obvious that the parking at the station is inadequate and that a solution must be found.
“There is funding out there, this is a push towards getting it quicker.”
Ms Dhillon said she was open to what form a parking upgrade would take, whether it be a multi-level carpark or something else entirely.
The petition is available to sign at Mr Languiller’s electorate office. Ms Dhillon will also be collecting signatures at Tarneit train station.
As reported by Star Weekly, commuters have been forced to park illegally at Tarneit train station, with no parking spaces left by 7.30am most weekdays.
Wyndham council has fined more than 2921 commuters for parking along the Leakes Road entry to Tarneit station since July 1, 2015.
To compound the issue, V/Line has erected fences to block commuters from parking on a vacant patch of land at Tarneit train station.
A group of commuters will take to the steps of Parliament on Wednesday to protest the lack of parking at Tarneit train station.
