An answer to one of the Napier City Council's most vexing problems is expected to be found with the creation of a bus terminus in a council carpark in Clive Square.
The plans were unveiled by Mayor Barbara Arnott yesterday, meeting early acclaim not only as a resolution to coachline parking problems in Napier but also as a fillip to Clive and Memorial squares and the western end of the Emerson St shopping precinct.
The area, on Carlyle St between Tennyson St and Carlyle St West is currently council-owned leased parking space for up to 38 vehicles.
Angle-parked, up to five buses will be able to park on the site in areas intended to be the main pick-up and drop-off point for InterCity Coachlines and other longer-haul services such as Naked Bus in Napier, a city-to-city bus hub for Hawke's Bay and the East Coast.
Mrs Arnott said it will allow for some street parking of buses at peak load times, although no pick-up or drop-off would be permitted on the street.