Sydney’s biggest motorsport track, and land around Pyrmont’s Fish Markets site, could be turned into overnight truck parking zones in a bid to solve a sharp rise in suburban car park battles unfolding in residential streets.

Bold solutions are being considered in response to a citywide shortage of dedicated heavy vehicle parking sites, resulting in more truckies using suburban areas to keep their big rigs at night.

In Blacktown Council LGA alone, the number of resident complaints about trucks illegally parked in residential on-street parking spaces has soared to 2170 in the past financial year – a 43 per cent rise on the previous year.

Blacktown councillor Peter Camilleri said complaints have included gripes about trucks reversing in and out of streets at the crack of dawn, drivers runn

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