On 01.06.06 Korcula’s local authorities announced their final decision (at least for Summer 2006) about new traffic regulations for Korcula Town. After a lot of lively discussions, 9 pages long document is accepted and white smoke came out of Opcina chimeny

Following is the list of main points:
1/ No parking in Sveti Nikola street.
2/ Oportunity opened for local authority to ban/ restrict all traffic ( if needed) between 7am and midnight in Korcula Town for period 01.06-31.08
3/ No heavy vehicles ( vans and lorries over 5 tonns) in Ulica Korculanskih Domobrana in period 01.06-30.09.
4/ Some dedicated parking places allocated to town’s local residents.
5/ Traffic ban in streets Hrvatske Bradske Zajednice, Fosa, Zakrjan and Setaliste Petra Kanavelica.
6/ No parking or stopping at Plokata, Korcula’s main square.
7/ Traffic banned on Plokata in the evenings.
8/ Removal of vehicles that are parked illegaly (clamping units) - 500 kuna fine

So, if you don’t live in centre of Korcula Town, the only free parking place you can use is one near the cemetary and one in Pelavin Mir. All other parking places in the town are to be charged for.

Finaly, I am looking forward for the day when total traffic ban will be introduced in Korcula (at least for summers) and instead of this current summer chaos, we will have public transport that is well run and organised, with dedicated cycle lanes, frequent buses to Lumbada, Zrnovo and Racisce etc…

It doesn’t seems too complicated to execute, if only our mentality is different and if only we can find, instead of cars, some other status symbols to show off by…