Re: ‘Parking: Crisis or no crisis' on page 3 The Weekend Sun, March 11.

Café Alfresco operator Malcolm George is upset about the effect of parking shortages on his business. This is deliberate council policy. I refer him to the Tauranga Transport Strategy 2012-2042 in the Tauranga City Plan encourages: 'parking reduction factors” by encouraging no minimum level of parking provision by new city developments.

This is to 'disincentivise” private motor cars. This is transportation speak for 'kill off the CBD.”

Malcolm may wish to consider relocating to a suburban 'big box” development that provides ample parking.

Ross W Ogle, Tauranga City.