Residents near Wagga Base Hospital say they feel betrayed by the government, which promised a 800 space multi-storey cark park during the last byelection.
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The development application was approved on Thursday last week, however the plans only made room for 360 spaces - less than half of what was initially promised by health minister Brad Hazzard.
In 2018 Brad Hazzard said they were going to build a $30 million 800 space multi-storey car park which, combined with about 400 existing car parks, would make the total parking capacity up to about 1200.
However last week's development application only offers 360 and two "at-grade" outdoor parking spots which, when combined with the existing car parks, only brings the total to over 900.
Even when factoring in all the outdoor parking, there remains a shortfall of about 300 spaces.
The Daily Advertiser repeatedly asked Mr Hazzard's office to explain the discrepancy between the figures, and was referred on to NSW Health.
NSW Health promised to provide The Daily Advertiser with a response several times, however at the time of writing no response has been forthcoming.
Nearby resident Kevin McMahon said he was not surprised that the government had broken its byelection promises, saying such was to be expected of politicians.
"They tell lies all the time. They think you're an idiot. They treat the people as idiots," Mr McMahon said.
"I've seen people driving up and down and up and down the street looking for a bloody park. I'll tell you, if you park there and drove away, I'll guarantee you within five minutes there'll be someone in your park. They're so desperate for a park."
Mr McMahon said hospital-goers were so desperate for parking spaces that they had resorted to parking in private residents' driveways, including his.
The same is true of Murray Street resident Deidre Lemerla, who said she had been blocked off from her driveway on several occasions.
"It's impossible to find parking in the morning - any time after 7 o'clock. In the afternoon I think there's a change of shift at 3pm, so sometime after 3pm or 4pm it gets easier," Ms Lemerla said.
"Because a lot of people park around here they leave their rubbish. We have heaps of cigarettes, and down this laneway lots and lots of rubbish. People come back to their cars, eat their lunch, have a cigarette, and chuck it out."
The littering has been going on for years, according to resident David Luckett, who said it had grown even worse over in recent times.
"They throw out things like empty tuna cans, drink bottles. We've had drug paraphernalia along here too including discarded syringes," Mr Luckett said.
"The litter is just a real pain."
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