Large signs changing parking conditions to go up at North Adelaide when events are on at Adelaide Oval Parking restrictions will be put in place in North Adelaide on major event days. PLANS for hundreds of "flippable" parking signs in North Adelaide have been scrapped in favour of large signs on entry roads telling motorists when events are on at Adelaide Oval. The City Council will erect 12 signs on roads through the parklands that will have to be manually changed to display the next date and times when extra parking restrictions will apply in North Adelaide. These could later be converted to electronic displays. Does this plan make better sense? The signs will be positioned along roads including King William, Frome, Montefiore, Jeffcott, Prospect and Main North roads, Melbourne St and War Memorial Drive. Hundreds of small permanent signs will be added in local North Adelaide streets within 1km of the oval reading "2P when North Adelaide Event Parking Restrictions Apply," which will be about 50 times a year. The council had previously proposed adding 500 flip signs to local streets that would have required manual turning every time a major event was on. The new proposal will have significantly cheaper operating costs. MORE: Traders call for planned parking restrictions to be scrapped North Adelaide residents will be able to buy permits exempting them from event day restrictions. Under the council's preferred option, households without off-street parking would be entitled to two permits, while those with off-street parking would get one. Each would cost $28 and be valid for five years for homeowners and one year for tenants. There would also be a permit system for sporting and community groups using the parklands. A council committee has approved all the proposed changes, including permit options, which will undergo public consultation before being put to the full council next month. Cr Anne Moran told the committee the changes were the best possible solution to a complex problem. North Adelaide Society president Ed Briedis, who had opposed the flip signs, said the new signage system was "probably a fair compromise." "It seems common sense about advising on the restrictions applying," he said. But he said the restrictions may need to apply to a broader area to protect parks for residents. The real test will be when the football crowds come. The North Adelaide Precinct Association that represents traders has previously called on the council to abandon all plans for new parking restrictions until the revamped oval is in operation at its full 50,000 capacity.