Lost carpark capacity pile-up

Mayor Heather Henderson said the City of Subiaco did not have the capacity for a contingency plan to compensate for lost parking spaces.

"We've already lost the parking at Ace (whose owners applied for a building licence this month) and we'll lose the Pavilion Market carpark in the near future," Mrs Henderson said.

"Although Pavilion is a four-year plan, so hopefully by that time the hotel site and its parking will be up and running."

Wilson Parking owns Ace Cinemas and Pavilion Market carparks, with at least 99 long-term bays at the market site.

Mrs Henderson said the City might need to look at public transport initiatives to "change people's attitudes" in anticipation of increased demands on CBD carparking.

"A City-owned multistorey carpark is something we continue to look at; there is still the Barker Road carpark in our corporate business plan," she said.

"We are going to have a workshop in the next fortnight looking at our strategic financial plan in the next few years, identifying projects that are priorities and making sure there is funding available for them.

"Multi-deck parking may well come up as one of the projects that elected members want to support."

The father of Rokeby Road restaurant Bistro Felix owner Jeremy Cariss said the council should defer a decision on awarding a tender for the Forrest Street carpark due to the interconnection of projects.

"There is still potential for a multi-storey carpark at this site," Tony Cariss said in his public statement.