Common Questions

The City of Greater Dandenong does not currently provide residential parking permits within the municipality.   Benchmarking exercises have been undertaken to inform Councils parking strategies and plans, including research into the tools utilised to address parking issues common to the municipality.

Key findings with regards to residential parking permits included:

• Residential parking permit schemes typically increase parking levels on street
• Many Councils with residential parking permit schemes in place are removing these / phasing them out
• Most residential parking permit schemes operate in areas where there are a significantly greater number of dwellings than on street parking spaces, and not all residents are eligible (often only dwellings with no on-site parking will be eligible for a permit)
• Most residential parking permit schemes are provided only at moderate / high cost to residents
• On selling of permits to nearby businesses is a significant concern for Councils with permit schemes in place
• The experience for residential visitors in locations where permit schemes are present is poor

Within Greater Dandenong we have effectively managed the impacts of all day parking associated with other uses (stations, businesses, hospitals etc.) through other means.  This typically involves the introduction of timed parking restrictions such as 2P parking during the day.  This generally does not significantly impact residents who can still park overnight and at weekends.  All day parking associated with other uses is moved from the street providing significantly increased availability for residential visitors or residents needing to park on street for short periods.  Such restrictions have been installed successfully on many streets within the precinct around the hospital and Chisolm.

Our officers would be very happy to discuss similar changes on any other streets in the area with residents directly.

Source: Sanjay Manivasagasivam, Executive Director City Futures

The best method is to call Council at (03) 8571 1000, including afterhours. However, there are other ways you can report illegal parking:

• Through Snap Send Solve
• Filling out this form on our website
• Emailing roadsafety@cgd.vic.gov.au

A great way to get funding for your community group is through our grants program. Council shares Round Information Sheets  on the Grants Webpage, which include open and close dates. You can view our grants program webpage here.

Our Small Grants Program is open all year round. Medium Grants are available twice a year, with the first round opening in February/March and the second round in July/August. Large Grants open every two years, and this year, they will be available in July/August for multi-year projects starting in July 2026.

For further support, you can also contact our grants team at 8571 1432 or commgrants@cgd.vic.gov.au. Language support is available.

For more information on this project and stage details, please visit: Perry Road Construction and Widening – Greens Road to Atlantic Drive, Keysborough | Greater Dandenong Council

Major works have been completed, finishing works are taking place including wearing course, lighting works and landscape works which are on track to be completed by June. The remaining works will be short term and low traffic impact. Keys Road will remain open to through traffic throughout the remainder or the Stage 2 works.

Source: David Fice, Chief Engineer & Major Projects

The works on the lake were carried out on behalf of Melbourne Water. The fence was erected to allow for the establishment of the grass/vegetation and continues to remain as Melbourne Water now need to negotiate a hand over process with Council (as we will take on the maintenance of some of these assets).

Council is doing what we can to speed up the process from our end and will aim to get the maintenance agreement addressed as soon as possible, so the fence can then be removed.