Inner city residents struggle to park during the day as commuters fill the side-streets.

A new residential parking zone may be in store for Mt Eden residents.

Due to be implemented in April 2016 by Auckland Transport, the zone has been established in response to requests by the Albert-Eden Local Board to solve parking problems in the area.

The affected area covers several streets near Mt Eden train station including Brentwood Ave, Kelly St and most of Wynyard Rd.

Parking will be restricted to a time limit on these streets and residents will be able to apply for exemption permits.

The permits will be issued on a priority basis and residents without off-street parking will be given precedence.

AT has been investigating a number of possible residential parking zones across the city since the successful trial in St Marys Bay in 2012.

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Albert-Eden Local Board requested a consultation for their area following a number of complaints from residents who struggle to find parking on their streets.

AT says much of the congestion is caused by commuters who park in the area and then walk or take public transport into the city.

Wynyard Rd resident Karin Montgomery Spath says that parking problems are mainly due to nearby college students rather than commuters.

"Whenever the school is on holiday our street is as it used to be," she says.

"I feel a little ambivalent [about the parking zone] because it is one business in the area which is causing the issue."

Newton College of Business and Technology director Paul Chalmers says the college is working closely with the local board to minimise its impact on parking.

Chalmers says the school has spent $25,000 upgrading their parking system, including providing 66 extra car parks for students.

AT says the Mt Eden residents parking zone should solve the parking problems for the residents in the streets covered by the zone.

Albert-Eden Local Board chairman Peter Haynes says that there is no easy option and the parking zone is the best overall solution for the residents.

"We can't ban everyone else from parking on the streets," he says.