Council Parking.

peter_the_piper

Living just outside Hastings we sometimes go to a car park in the Old Town to take MIL for a fish and chip supper. Previously the car park was nearly full and throngs of people in the area. Good car park because it was £1 from 6pm. Now its changed to £1.70/hour till 09.30 and the car park was very nearly empty , pubs looked empty and we were the only customer at the chippy. Very few people wandering the area, considering it was a sunny Thursday evening that's unusual. Why would a council score such an own goal? The parking take will have gone way down and so will local business takings.
Oh well vent over.

Johno100

Putting aside any anti-car agenda that that particular council may or may not have.

It is all about raising additional funds that can offset the cuts that all councils are facing, the impact on local businesses is seemingly not a major consideration.

MikeWhite

Johno100 wrote: »

Putting aside any anti-car agenda that that particular council may or may not have.

It is all about raising additional funds that can offset the cuts that all councils are facing, the impact on local businesses is seemingly not a major consideration.

The problem is "the car park was nearly empty". Council clearly not understanding the connection between price and demand, I expect.

molerat

Our council imposed car park charges at the same time as parking enforcement ceased (police traffic wardens stopped doing it and council have not got teams in place). Go figure what has happened !

AndyMc.....

molerat wrote: »

Our council imposed car park charges at the same time as parking enforcement ceased (police traffic wardens stopped doing it and council have not got teams in place). Go figure what has happened !

Your council are very slow on the uptake then as it's been years since police stopped issuing parking tickets.

Chrishazle

Sounds very similar to what happened in Battle some years ago, local council stopped on street parking on the High Street and upped the car park charges, footfall in the shops dropped dramatically, local shop keepers had a right go at the council - 20 minute parking re-introduced on the High Street!

molerat

AndyMc..... wrote: »

Your council are very slow on the uptake then as it's been years since police stopped issuing parking tickets.

Only about 2 years

facade

What I don't understand, is in The Olden Days (the 1960s) my little town had:
It's own Police Station (with actual real Policemen!)
It's own little fire station, with a fire engine inside
It's own Town Hall with councillors inside
Half a dozen small post offices, and a main post office where you could collect parcels
3 banks
The grass verges and parks were kept mowed, the bins emptied weekly (and the binmen came and collected your bin from round the back, then returned it)
There were roadsweepers with handcarts
There were football pitches and bowling greens
There were loads of streetlights that actually produced enough light to see the billiard table smooth roads by
Lots of council carparks (all free) and plenty of on-road parking.


And so on....

Yet now we are in the 21st century, we supposedly have a higher standard of living, and loads more people to pay taxes, and it has all gone, because we can no longer afford any of it???

AndyMc.....

molerat wrote: »

Only about 2 years

It's in the 1991 Road Traffic Act.

Jackmydad

facade wrote: »

What I don't understand, is in The Olden Days (the 1960s) my little town had:
It's own Police Station (with actual real Policemen!)
It's own little fire station, with a fire engine inside
It's own Town Hall with councillors inside
Half a dozen small post offices, and a main post office where you could collect parcels
3 banks
The grass verges and parks were kept mowed, the bins emptied weekly (and the binmen came and collected your bin from round the back, then returned it)
There were roadsweepers with handcarts
There were football pitches and bowling greens
There were loads of streetlights that actually produced enough light to see the billiard table smooth roads by
Lots of council carparks (all free) and plenty of on-road parking.


And so on....

Yet now we are in the 21st century, we supposedly have a higher standard of living, and loads more people to pay taxes, and it has all gone, because we can no longer afford any of it???

They call it "progress"

peter_the_piper

Chrishazle wrote: »

Sounds very similar to what happened in Battle some years ago, local council stopped on street parking on the High Street and upped the car park charges, footfall in the shops dropped dramatically, local shop keepers had a right go at the council - 20 minute parking re-introduced on the High Street!

And don't you love the cars which come from Hastings direction to park , blocking the road then try to drive out later when they can't see the traffic coming.