Council fines entire street for parking on kerb

A suburban parking crackdown has erupted into a full-blown stoush after residents on one narrow Sydney street were slapped with fines for parking the same way they say locals have parked for more than half a century. Locals on Meridian Street in Eastlakes, in Sydney’s inner south, say they’ve long had little choice but to park partly on the kerb because the street is so narrow that cars left fully on the road can make it difficult for anyone else to get through. But that hasn’t stopped Bayside Council rangers from sweeping through and fining what residents say was virtually the entire street. Collette Callaghan said the blitz came without warning. “The ranger came and started to book everyone from the top,” she told 10 News. MORE NEWS Suburban turf war erupts over $128 grass fines Entire Aus suburb fight over ‘joke’ parking act ‘Disgraceful’: Families told to surrender backyards For furious locals, the issue isn’t just the fines. It’s why council has suddenly decided to crack down on a longstanding practice that residents say has never caused a problem. “People have been here for 50 years,” Ms Callaghan said. Residents on a narrow Sydney street say they’ve been blindsided by a coun...