In the southern end of Marrickville, fury over dumped taxis and smashed vehicles led one resident to take things into his own hands by donning a thin disguise.
Scott Brunsdon dragged a shirt out of his dirty washing basket, where it had been “marinating for a few days”, checked his stubble and practised a scowl that mixed incredulity with contempt. He was ready to go undercover as a taxi driver.
“But I have realised that it’s the panel beaters who are most to blame. It’s they who have made it necessary for the taxis to stray from their home. They’re sort of like the ibis of the roads, having to find homes elsewhere and being maligned for it.” A dumped taxi in the residential part of Renwick Street, Marrickville, hit with a council notice to impound.On a recent night Brunsdon said he counted 14 taxis parked on his street, Renwick, and 32 in the surrounding streets. “It’s kind of getting worse and worse,” he said. “It’s affecting locals because they can’t park in front of their house.”
“Any taxi company ... we haven’t got anything where you can put all the cars. We can’t afford it,” Malik said. He said there were many other smash repairers nearby and “I can’t be responsible for everything happening in this area”.The Inner West Council is now involved in the melee. It said it was investigating several dumped vehicles, and had connected with all the automotive and taxi businesses in the precinct following concerns raised by the public.
“We want to see businesses in our industrial precinct thrive, but that has to be balanced with the amenity of local residents,” he said. “I don’t think it’s tenable for a business to be taking up all that parking on public land as its business model.”
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