Some have said that all council has done for the past eight years is talked about reform.

Publican Jack Egan, a former Leeton Shire councillor, said he had never seen a town or city "more focused on parking fines".

The council's long awaited transport survey, which is expected to include proposals on parking, is due in June but worried business people are concerned about more delays while the survey is debated, how long it will take to implement and the cost of doing so.

What is urgently required is relief for owners of hospitality establishments and, most importantly, their customers, who as recent reports have indicated have to dash to move their cars during hairdressing appointments and while trying to enjoy a meal during the ridiculous one-hour parking street limit.

This relief should not take weeks or months to bring about.

Until we see what is in the transport report, should consider interim changes at its very next meeting.

This could include a moratorium on parking patrols and a decision to immediately introduce minimum two-hour angle parking in Fitzmaurice and Kincaid streets.

Producing new signs and painting lines need not be a time-consuming exercise.

It is not just the hospitality industry and retailers who are affected.

Professional offices whose clients may have appointments exceeding one-hour are in the same predicament.

As recent stories have indicated, more proprietors have taken advantage of the area's increasing hospitality attraction.

In the past, council has been urged to look at other cities like Toowoomba and Shepparton to investigate better ways of catering for CBD parking, the necessity for parking meters and reasonable cost permit parking for workers in separate areas .

While the council has certainly got major developments like the levee upgrade and rail freight terminal to finalise, parking across the entire developing suburbs of the city requires councillors' action both in the short and long term. 

It's a major local issue that it alone has to resolve, not government departments or consultants.